TWO males immediately appeared in court docket accused of inflicting £622,000 in damages after allegedly slicing down a Sycamore Hole tree.
The 300-year-old tree, which featured in blockbuster Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves, was destroyed in September.
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Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Courtroom immediately.
The pair, who arrived at court docket in balaclavas, are charged with legal injury over £5,000.
The cost states they “with out lawful excuse, broken a sycamore tree to the worth of £622,191 belonging to the Nationwide Belief”.
Graham and Carruthers are additionally accused of a second cost of legal injury to property valued below £5,000.
This pertains to injury on Hadrian’s Wall price round £1,144.
Graham, of Milbeck Stables, Carlisle, entered pleas of not responsible, whereas Carruthers, of Church Avenue, Wigton, Cumbria, entered no pleas.
The court docket was informed each males are accountable below a “joint enterprise”.
The defendants may withstand 4 years in jail if convicted.
They had been bailed to subsequent seem at Newcastle Crown Courtroom on June 12.
The chopping down of the long-lasting tree left the nation heartbroken after the mysterious feller struck in the midst of the evening.
The trunk of the landmark tree was eliminated on October 12 after it was first minimize into massive items.
It’s being saved in an undisclosed location earlier than its destiny is determined.
The Nationwide Belief, who run the location, say a choice on the tree’s future is but to be made, however a public session will happen quickly.
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