The two men convicted for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree beside Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England continue to ...

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

Prosecutors say that as news of the crime spread, the two men exchanged messages relishing the outrage and sadness they caused. The tree in northern England was believed to be about 200 years old.