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Price of Thieves: men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for 4 years

Price of Thieves: men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for 4 years

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Jul 17, 2025
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Sycamore gap tree

Convicted of felling England's famed Sycamore Gap tree in a "malicious act of vandalism," Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were today sentenced to 4 years in jail for the crime. They will serve about two years, if they are well-behaved.

Each was sent down on two counts in May, one for the tree and the other for damaging Hadrian's wall, …

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