Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have today been charged with criminal damage after cutting down the iconic tree in September last year.
'They have also been charged with causing criminal damage to Hadrian's Wall and will appear at South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court on 15 May 2024. Alison Hawkins, who lives in Liverpool, was one of the first people on the scene posting a picture on Facebook with the caption: 'An awful moment for all walking Hadrian's Wall. The Sycamore Gap tree has gone! Not the storm an absolute ******* felled it!!'
Following the wicked act, a Northumberland National Park Authority spokesman said: 'Northumberland National Park Authority can confirm that sadly, the famous tree at Sycamore Gap has come down over night. We have reason to believe it has been deliberately felled. 'It was certainly cut down with a chainsaw - and a big one. It looks as though it has been cut through with one stroke which means the blade must have been about two metres long.
'I was speaking to a Canadian lady only yesterday who had come to this spot specifically to see the Sycamore Gap tree. It is an icon and something particularly special to the brewery.