A forensic botanist said there was “very strong evidence” it was the missing wedge cut from the Sycamore Gap tree to direct its fall properly. The wedge has never been recovered, but Wright ...

LONDON — Two men who cut down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree did it for a laugh, a prosecutor said Wednesday as he provided a motive for the first time to explain the senseless crime that shocked ...

(AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File) FILE - Forensic investigators from Northumbria Police examining the felled Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, Sept. 29, 2023.

Prosecutors allege a video was filmed of the moment the Sycamore Gap tree was felled Two men chopped down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree as a "bit of a laugh" and then feared becoming public ...