Jury shown video of ‘Sycamore Gap tree being felled’
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6WZ8Q)
Footage shown in Newcastle trial of two men accused of chopping down tree on Hadrian's Wall in September 2023
A jury has been shown footage of what prosecutors say is the moment the Sycamore Gap tree crashed to the ground after being felled by a shadowy figure wielding a loud, revving chainsaw.
A court heard that the video was taken on the Apple iPhone 13 of Daniel Graham, one of two men accused of illegally cutting down the tree on Hadrian's Wall, described by one witness as totemic".
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