A person has pleaded not responsible to felling the Sycamore Hole tree in Northumberland and inflicting harm to Hadrian’s Wall final September.
Daniel Graham, 38, of Carlisle and Adam Carruthers, 31, of Wigton attended a listening to at Newcastle magistrates court docket on Wednesday after being charged with felony harm for allegedly slicing down the tree.
Graham entered pleas of not responsible, whereas Carruthers entered no plea.
The 300-year-old sycamore was named England’s tree of the yr in 2016. It featured within the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and was a well-liked website for stargazing and marriage proposals.
The felony harm attributable to chopping down the landmark has been valued at greater than £620,000, in accordance with court docket fees.
The defendants are additionally accused of inflicting £1,144 price of injury to Hadrian’s Wall, a Unesco world heritage website, which was hit by the falling tree.
The district choose, Zoe Passfield, declined jurisdiction, saying: “This case is just too severe to be heard within the magistrates court docket.”
The pair will attend Newcastle crown court docket on 12 June for his or her subsequent listening to and so they had been each granted unconditional bail within the meantime.
Sycamore timber are native to continental Europe. Claims for precisely once they had been launched to the UK vary from as early because the Roman empire to the Tudors within the sixteenth century.
An area man, Michael Palmer, advised the Guardian: “Sycamore Hole is a Northumberland image, greater than a chunk of panorama, greater than only a tree; it’s as immediately recognisable because the Palace of Westminster or the Liver Constructing.”
Northumberland nationwide park has stated the trunk of the sycamore shall be placed on show at the Sill. It has referred to as on artists to give you concepts for an exhibition to protect the tree’s legacy.
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