James Tozer

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer

Two men accused of cutting down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree committed an act of mindless thuggery' thinking it would be 'a bit of a laugh', a jury was told today. But amid 'public outrage' at Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers' alleged crime, it became clear to them that 'far from being the big men they thought they were, everyone else thought that they were rather pathetic', prosecutors alleged. The former friends were 'in it together from first to last', Richard Wright KC told jurors.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | James Tozer

Two men accused of cutting down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree committed an act of mindless thuggery' thinking it would be 'a bit of a laugh', a jury was told today. But amid 'public outrage' at Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers' alleged crime, it became clear to them that 'far from being the big men they thought they were, everyone else thought that they were rather pathetic', prosecutors alleged. The former friends were 'in it together from first to last', Richard Wright KC told jurors.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | David Barrett |James Tozer |Richard Marsden

Labour's ‘tough’ sanctions against criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing in court have faced ridicule after it emerged the new punishments will be imposed for mere weeks. The Government unveiled new legislation granting judges the power to impose solitary confinement on offenders who fail to attend. But the measures will impose the penalty for a maximum of three weeks.

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | James Tozer

A man on trial for the Sycamore Gap felling today told jurors he thought it was 'just a tree' - but denied that he was responsible for cutting it down. It was also put to Adam Carruthers that he had chopped down the century-old tree as a souvenir for his newborn baby daughter. Under cross-examination, the 32-year-old responded by asking why 'anyone in their right mind with a newborn baby go out and do that', adding that the suggestion was 'incorrect'.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | James Tozer

A man on trial for the Sycamore Gap felling today told jurors he thought it was 'just a tree' - but denied that he was responsible for cutting it down. It was also put to Adam Carruthers that he had chopped down the century-old tree as a souvenir for his newborn baby daughter. Under cross-examination, the 32-year-old responded by asking why 'anyone in their right mind with a newborn baby go out and do that', adding that the suggestion was 'incorrect'.