Man accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree claimed he was being ‘stitched up’

Daniel Graham, 39, told police he was being framed as part of a dispute and did not have skills to cut the tree down

A man accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall told police he was being stitched up" and did not have the skills to do it in the first place.

A jury at Newcastle crown court heard police interviews with Daniel Graham, 39, in which he also said he had no idea what he was doing on the night the tree was felled, which took place a month earlier.