Two pals ‘used chainsaw to deliberately chop down iconic Sycamore Gap tree then boasted about moronic mission’

TWO pals used a chainsaw to chop down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “mindless vandalism”, a court heard.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, took just two minutes and 41 seconds to fell the tree which had stood next to Hadrian’s Wall for more than a century, the jury was told.

PATwo pals allegedly cut down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree[/caption] PADaniel Graham and Adam Carruthers took less thank three minutes to fell it, jurors heard[/caption]

They...