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Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree (news.sky.com)

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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing more than £620,000 worth of damage to the tree and more than £1,000 worth of damage to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.

On 27 September 2023, the pair drove 30 miles through a storm to Northumberlandfrom Cumbria, where they both lived, before felling the tree overnight in a matter of minutes.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here in the US the main obstacle is the lock on the phone which usually police can’t get past,

In recent years police were able to get into phones quite easily. See this nytimes article: https://archive.is/fOTDz Not sure what the current state of the art is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Oh interesting I wasn’t aware of this.