Jury begins deliberating in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

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Jury begins deliberating in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

LONDON (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree that once stood along the ancient Hadrian's Wall in northern England.Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have pleaded not guilty to two counts each of criminal damage. The former friends each testified that they were at their separate homes that night and not involved.Justice Christina Lambert told jurors in Newcastle Crown Court to take as long as they need to reach unanimous verdicts in the trial that began April 28.The tree was not Britain’s biggest or oldest, but ..