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Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree (news.sky.com)
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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing more than £620,000 worth of damage to the tree and more than £1,000 worth of damage to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.

On 27 September 2023, the pair drove 30 miles through a storm to Northumberlandfrom Cumbria, where they both lived, before felling the tree overnight in a matter of minutes.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago

They’ve refused to say. Maybe after sentencing they will comment since it might be bad for their case to do so.