One of two former friends on trial for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree had a “fascination” with the tree and thought it would be “a good trophy,” his co-accused has told a court. Daniel Graham said ...

One of two men on trial for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree had a “fascination” with it and thought it would make a good trophy, Newcastle Crown Court heard on Friday. Adam Carruthers had a ...

One of two men on trial for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree had a “fascination” with it and thought it would make a good trophy, Newcastle Crown Court heard on Friday. Adam Carruthers had a ...

And with that, the trial is over for the day and for the week. It will resume in courtroom one in Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday morning. Before they left for the bank holiday weekend ...

Pic: PA But on the third day of the trial, the court heard neither the chainsaw nor the alleged trophy have been found, despite extensive police searches. The jury has been told the defendants now ...

THE chainsaw two men allegedly used to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree and a wedge of the trunk prosecutors say they took as a trophy were ... police searches, a court has heard.