Overview

• Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers each began serving four years and three months after being convicted of felling the iconic Sycamore Gap tree and damaging Hadrian’s Wall.
• Mrs Justice Christina Lambert applied the London Tree Officers Association’s CAVAT system and confirmed the damage exceeded £5,000, elevating the offence to high-harm criminal damage.
• The sentencing hearing was live-streamed worldwide, marking the first global broadcast of a criminal trial for environmental vandalism.
• National Trust Manager Andrew Poad delivered a victim impact statement describing an overwhelming sense of loss and confusion felt around the world.
• Critics have questioned the proportionality of the sentences, noting that the tree fellingists received longer prison terms than some convicted of serious sexual offences.