Watch video photos proven to jurors in Sycamore Gap tree trial

Jurors had been proven cell phone photos in courtroom on Wednesday, which prosecutors declare displays the instant the “iconic” Sycamore Gap tree used to be felled.

Body-worn digicam photos from the primary police officer on the scene used to be additionally proven at Newcastle Crown Court.

The BBC’s Emma Vardy talks in the course of the photos proven in courtroom and explains what prosecutors say came about at the night the tree used to be felled.

The tree had stood for greater than 100 years in a dip on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland ahead of it used to be felled in a “moronic mission” within the early hours of 28 September 2023, Newcastle Crown Court has heard.

Daniel Michael Graham, 39, from Carlisle and Adam Carruthers, 32, from Wigton in Cumbria, every deny two counts of felony harm when it comes to the tree and the Roman wall.

Video by means of Sofia Ferreira Santos and Duncan Leatherdale.

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