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Personal trainer given 14 months’ detention after ‘catastrophic collision’

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving following the crash, which wrecked five police cars and left seven officers injured.

Evening Standard

Personal trainer sentenced after first date ended with ‘catastrophic’ police chase

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, pleaded guilty following the A1 crash, which wrecked five police cars and left seven officers injured

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Ex-friends who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree face lengthy jail terms

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing criminal damage to the much-loved tree following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

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Sycamore Gap: Who are the two men convicted of cutting down world-famous tree?

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were ‘best pals’ who apparently turned on each other before their trial started, the court heard.

The Independent UK

Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court of causing criminal damage to the Sycamore Gap tree

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap trial live: Prosecutor mocks suspects’ defence and calls men ‘rather pathetic’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court, accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

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Sycamore Gap accused ‘could not understand’ outcry because it was ‘just a tree’

Adam Carruthers said the reaction to the famous tree being cut down was ‘almost as if someone had been murdered’.

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Sycamore Gap accused thought world-famous tree would be ‘good trophy,’ jury told

Daniel Graham said his co-accused Adam Carruthers had spoken of wanting to cut down the much-loved tree beside Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap accused says friend wanted to cut down ‘most famous tree in world’

Daniel Graham told a court Adam Carruthers had claimed to be the one responsible for felling the landmark tree in Northumberland.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap trial live: Suspect had fascination with tree and thought it would be good trophy, court told

Adam Carruthers admitted felling tree, Daniel Graham tells the pair’s trial at Newcastle Crown Court

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap tree felling suspect claims he was ‘fixed up’ after a dispute by someone ‘stirring the pot’

Daniel Graham refused to comment in police interview when asked about the footage showing the chunk of a tree and a chainsaw in the boot of a vehicle, a jury at Newcastle Crown Court heard

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap chainsaw and wedge of trunk ‘taken as trophy’ not found by police

Groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam Carruthers, 32, each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and to Hadrian’s Wall

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap trial live: Jury shown photo of tree wedge ‘kept as trophy’ by suspects

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

The Independent UK

Video of the moment ‘totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree was cut down played in court

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

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Sycamore Gap trial: Video of alleged moment tree cut down shown to jurors

The mobile phone footage was played in Newcastle Crown Court at the trial of the two men accused of felling the world-famous tree

The Independent UK

Video captures Sycamore Gap tree being cut down in less than three minutes

The mobile phone footage was played in Newcastle Crown Court as the trial of the two men accused of cutting down the tree continued.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap was totemic, trial of two men accused of chopping down tree is told

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap trial live: ‘Jeffrey, it’s gone viral’, defendant remarked after tree chopped down, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have appeared for the second day of the trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

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Sycamore Gap tree felling was a 'deliberate and mindless' act, UK prosecutor says

The tree, revered for its symmetrical perch between two hills along ancient Hadrian’s Wall, was cut down in the early hours of 28 September 2023, damaging the stone wall as it crashed to the ground.

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap trial live: Friends accused of felling iconic tree blame each other, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

Evening Standard

Trial to start for two men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

Daniel Graham, 39, of Carlisle, and Adam Carruthers, 32, of Wigton, Cumbria, will go before a jury at Newcastle Crown Court.

The Independent UK

A year after being cut down, the search for answers continues over Sycamore Gap as pair face trial

As attention turns to two men facing trial for felling the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree, locals continue to grieve the loss and demand answers

Evening Standard

Man admits manslaughter after ‘drugs lab’ explosion kills child and man

Reece Galbraith, 33, changed his plea to guilty at Newcastle Crown Court following the huge blast in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.

The Independent UK

Archie York, 7, killed in his sleep in Newcastle after neighbour’s drug operation exploded

Reece Galbraith, 33, has admitted the manslaughter of Archie York and Jay Laws after the explosion in October

Evening Standard

Premier League star details how burglars took cash, jewellery and his sports car

Alexander Isak, of Newcastle United, was burgled along with two other people over a few days last spring, a court heard

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