Revenge' for a planning dispute or the desire to get a souvenir for a newborn girl ... and causing damage to Hadrian's Wall in the process. Jurors found the pair guilty after their friendship ...

Two men chopped down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree as a "bit of a laugh" and then feared becoming public enemy number ...

The famous tree had been growing in a natural dip along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland for approximately ... to get a trophy from the tree as a 'souvenir' for his newborn daughter.

Carruthers is alleged to have taken a chainsaw to the world-famous sycamore in Northumberland along with Daniel Graham, damaging it and Hadrian's Wall ... the wedge as a souvenir to the new ...

The much-loved sycamore tree landed on Hadrian's Wall after it was felled with a ... Did you cut out that wedge as a souvenir for the new baby?' Carruthers replied: 'That's incorrect.' ...

The tree is as important as Hadrian’s Wall, it’s part of the scene ... away with a wedge from the tree inside their vehicle as souvenir for the criminal act. Neither claimed responsibility ...

“Go to the trouble of causing irreparable and senseless damage to an adornment to the rural landscape of Northumberland, and in the process damage the ancient structure of Hadrian’s wall. Then take ...

Mr Wright added: "Did you go to cut it down as a souvenir for the baby ... close to the site of the tree by Hadrian's Wall. He denied claims that he had been to check on the spot before chopping ...

and in the process damage the ancient structure of Hadrian’s wall. Then take away a souvenir of your moronic mission. “The public indignation, anger and downright disgust has been palpable ...

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both from Cumbria, are each convicted of two counts of criminal damage.