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Two men person been charged with cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, six months aft the felling made headlines astir the world.
The tree, which stood for much than 200 years successful the Northumberland National Park adjacent to the Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World Heritage tract successful bluish England, was recovered fallen successful September 2023.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, person been charged with transgression harm implicit the felling of the histrion and causing transgression harm to Hadrian’s Wall, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
They volition look earlier magistrates successful Newcastle connected May 15, it added.
Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Fenney, the Senior Investigation Officer successful the case, said: “There has been an ongoing probe since the Sycamore Gap histrion was chopped down.
“As a effect of those inquiries, 2 men person present been charged.
“We recognise the spot of feeling successful the section assemblage and further afield the felling has caused, nevertheless we would punctual radical to debar speculation, including online, which could interaction the ongoing case.”
Mr Graham and Mr Carruthers were arrested successful October and released connected bail, according to The Sun.
Devastated locals antecedently expressed their “outrage” implicit the felling of the histrion – 1 of the UK's astir photographed.
The crown of the histrion was discovered lying partially connected the past Roman fortification, which stretches 118km from seashore to coast
Farmer Katie Smith, 25, said she spotted the histrion connected its broadside arsenic she passed it connected her mode to enactment connected Thursday morning.
“I thrust past the histrion doubly a time and I ever look up astatine it but contiguous I conscionable saw it was gone,” she said.
“It’s an implicit tragedy. No 1 tin judge it has been chopped down”.
Andrew Benton, 45, said, “I’m outraged that idiosyncratic has done this to specified a beauteous tree. What the hellhole is the satellite coming to?”
The landmark sycamore, located successful a melodramatic dip successful the landscape, became internationally celebrated erstwhile it was utilized for a country successful the 1991 blockbuster film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.
It won the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year successful 2016 and was a cardinal attraction that has been photographed by millions of visitors implicit the years.
Efforts are present nether mode to spot if the histrion tin beryllium regrown from its stump oregon by utilizing saplings from its seeds.
Hadrian’s Wall was begun successful 122 AD during the reign of emperor Hadrian, and marked the bound betwixt Roman Britannia and unconquered Caledonia to the north.
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