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The court heard Carruthers was first arrested on suspicion of criminal damage the same day at the caravan where he was living at The Old Fuel Depot at Kirkbride Airfield, Wigton, Cumbria. In his first ...
Two friends accused of cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree shared a series of voice notes after the “moronic mission”, ...
Daniel Graham, 39, of Milbeck Stables, Carlisle, and Adam Carruthers, 32, of Church Street, Wigton, Cumbria, are standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court, both charged with felling the iconic tree.
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are also accused of keeping a wedge of the trunk as a trophy from the destruction of the tree in a dip on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland on the morning of 28 ...
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, used a chainsaw to chop down the tree and "the technique that they used showed expertise and a determined, deliberate approach to the felling ...
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree with a chainsaw. Prosecutors say one man cut ...
The two men accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree filmed themselves on their 'moronic mission' then boasted about it in text messages, a court heard today. Ground workers Daniel Graham, 39, and ...
The chainsaw that was allegedly used to cut down Northumberland's Sycamore Gap tree and a 'trophy' piece of its trunk has ...
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to chop down the tree and “the technique that they used showed expertise and a determined, deliberate approach to the felling”, prosecutors told ...
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of using a chainsaw to expertly chop down the century-old tree, causing irreparable damage in a matter of minutes on Sept 27 2023. It is alleged that ...