Cumbria pair to be sentenced for cutting down Northumberland's Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, both from Cumbria, were found guilty of illegally felling the iconic tree earlier this year
2 men from Cumbria will be sentenced later - for illegally cutting down Northumberland's iconic Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers - both in their 30s - were found guilty of 2 counts of criminal damage each back in May.
The felling of the almost 2 hundred year old tree, back in September 2023, caused international outrage and led to a huge police investigation - which culminated in the trial of Graham and Carruthers earlier this year.
The prosecution said Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers realised they "weren't the big men they thought they were" when they saw the public outrage over the felling of the much-loved Northumberland landmark.
During the trial, at Newcastle Crown Court, footage of the tree being felled was played to the jury - taken from one of the pair's mobile phones.
It took less than 3 minutes for the almost 200 year old tree, beside Hadrian's Wall, to come down, with one of the pair cutting it down while the other filmed.
Both men denied being responsible, blaming each other for the incident.
A wedge of the trunk was taken from the site as a "trophy".
Despite pleading not guilty - a jury convicted the pair after about 5 hours of deliberation - and they could face several years in prison.