Public Prosecutor says that the pieces of the sycamore gap tree were “deliberate and advertising.”

A public prosecutor in northeastern England said on Tuesday that two men used a chain of saw to cut the famous cycammore tree in northern England in the “Morton mission” a year and a half ago, and the pieces were filmed on a mobile phone.

The tree, a beloved teacher, was standing next to the Hadrian wall, a UNESCO World Heritage site, I illegally found In September 2023.

The trial of the defendants in the case – Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carrozers, 32, both CORBIA, England – were opened on Tuesday in the Newcastle Crown Court, in northeastern England, less than an hour drive from the place where the tree trunk is on.

Men have acknowledged that they were not guilty of two criminal damages. The Prosecutor, Richard Wright, called for the case against the defendants on Tuesday morning.

The jurors told that Mr. Graham and Mr. Carrozrez led to the site from the nearby city of Carlal in late September 27, 2023, to deliberately cut the tree.

Mr. Wright said that the tree was cut in the chain of the saw in minutes, using methods indicating a specialized knowledge of the pieces, and that the verb was filmed on the phone of Mr. Graham.

The prosecutor told the court that a cut out of the tree was later filmed next to the chain of saw in the Mr. Graham Range Rover Fund. “This may have been a cup taken from the scene of the accident to remind them of their actions,” Mr. Wright said.

Prosecutors said that the evidence collected from the defendants’ phones indicate that they participated in social media and international news reports after the discovery of the falling tree.

The prosecution said that Mr. Graham, who owns a construction company, and Mr. Carrozrez, who worked to maintain property and mechanics, were friends and fell another big tree a month ago.

The criminal damage they face in the tree and part of the Hadrian wall – the Roman singing that runs 70 miles across northern England – is what has collapsed.

The experiment is expected to last for two weeks. When the men were He was accused in April 2024A senior officer in the case, the request of the chief inspector of the investigator Rebecca Feni, from the public from not speculating online about the crime or the accused.

“We are aware of the strength of feeling in the local community and more than that caused the cut,” she said in a statement. “However, we remind people to avoid speculation, including online, which may affect the ongoing state.”

Many were saddened Destroy the treeThe icon stood on the Hadrian wall, which was built by the occupied Roman army in the second century.

The tree has always been a mark of a memory maker: a site for wedding proposals and celebration parties, a goalkeeper in one -aged family holidays, recorded on refrigerators all over the world. He also appeared in the movie “Robin Hood: Prince of Thief” in 1991.

He was almost 200 years old when he was illegally cut.

In August, watch Rangers A few buds near its baseAn unexpected sign of new life, seeds and genetic materials that scientists collected from them last year as well I started to grow. National trust intends to give up 49 seedlings Next year to spread the legacy of the tree.

This number is intended, according to Andrew Bawad, the general manager of the Hadrian wall, which is partly managed by the National Fund. The tree was 49 feet when it fell. The seedlings will be about a long foot when they are given to their recipients.