The court heard Mr Graham and Mr Carruthers are accused of travelling together, in Mr Graham’s Range Rover, from the Carlisle area where they lived towards Sycamore Gap before parking, walking for around 20 minutes to the tree and cutting it with a chainsaw.

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers deny causing criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland

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.