Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree

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London (AFP) May 9, 2025

Two men were on Friday found guilty of the "deliberate and mindless" felling of one of the UK's most iconic trees in a case that sparked national outrage. The jury at Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage after the 2023 felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap, which had stood for nearly 200 years next to Hadrian's Wall, a

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