The vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison for causing irreversible damage and serious distress.
The vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison for causing irreversible damage and serious distress. The tree stood for nearly 150 years before Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers set out on a dark and stormy night to carry out what a prosecutor called a «moronic mission» to fell the majestic sycamore, which crashed down onto Hadrian’s Wall. Graham, 39, and Carruthers, 32, were each convicted of two counts of criminal damage—one for destroying the tree, the other for damaging the ancient wall.
