Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from the Carlisle area appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 15 May.
Graham, of Milbeck Stables, Carlisle, entered pleas of not guilty, while Carruthers, of Church Street, Wigton, Cumbria, entered no pleas.The Sycamore Gap tree was hailed to be one of the most photographed in the country.One count related to the criminal damage to property of a value over £5,000, namely “without lawful excuse, damaged a sycamore tree to the value of £622,191 belonging to the National Trust”.
They faced a second charge of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000, namely Hadrian’s Wall, with the damage assessed to the Unesco World Heritage Site as being £1,144.Graham and Carruthers were granted unconditional bail.The much-photographed tree, which stood next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for 200 years, was chopped down in September last year, causing national outrage.
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