They are accused of using a “hinge and wedge technique” to remove a section of the tree before a chainsaw was used to take it down.

Two men accused of cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree kept a wedge of the trunk as a trophy to remind themselves of their “moronic mission”, a jury was told.

This is a photo provided by Northumbria Police of Daniel Graham, left and Adam Carruthers who have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England, Friday May 9, 2025.

Footage of the tree’s last stand showed a solitary figure silhouetted beneath the towering canopy in a struggle with the trunk as the unmistakable sound of the chainsaw whined above the wind. With a ...