Sycamore Gap tree cutters sentenced to prison
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A great-grandmother who travelled more than 200 miles to see the Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced has said justice was not done. Daniel Michael Graham and Adam Carruthers both from Cumbria, were jailed for four years and three months on Tuesday after filming themselves using a chainsaw to illegally fell the landmark tree by Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
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In September 2023, so many people were shocked when the famous Sycamore Gap tree, thriving in a dip along Hadrian's Wall, was deliberately cut down overnight. For many, the tree symbolized British resilience,
Former friends turned enemies, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, were convicted of criminal damage to the immensely popular Sycamore Gap tree, which they claimed was felled in a 'drunken prank'