Two men filmed felling of Sycamore Gap tree during ‘mindless’ act, court hears

Jury shown phone footage with sound of chainsaw and toppling tree taken by pair, who deny criminal damage

Two men filmed themselves using a chainsaw to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall in an act of mindless criminal damage", a court has heard.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, embarked on a moronic mission" to cut down in minutes a tree that had stood for more than 100 years, the prosecutor Richard Wright KC told Newcastle crown court.