Yob who felled Sycamore Gap tree released from jail after just 10 months

Yob who felled Sycamore Gap tree released from jail after just 10 monthsAdam Carruthers, 33, was jailed in May 2025 after being convicted alongside his former friend Daniel Graham, 40, with whom he felled the much-loved treeNewsJeremy Armstrong News Reporter19:30, 15 Apr 2026Sycamore Gap: Enhanced footage shows the felling of the treeThe man who felled the Sycamore Gap tree has been freed from prison after serving just 10 months of his four year and three month sentence.‌Adam Carruthers, 33, was jailed in May 2025 after being convicted alongside his former friend Daniel Graham, 40. A court heard how the travelled together to fell the much-loved tree and damage to Hadrian’s Wall in September 2023.‌Carruthers felled the tree with a chainsaw while Graham filmed him. The pair fell out before they came to trial. Now Carruthers, of Wigton, Cumbria, has been freed under curfew with an electronic tag. He has returned to work at Cumbria Turf in Kirkbride, the business identified as his employer during his trial.‌READ MORE: Amanda Knox to travel to UK to promote film about Meredith Kercher's murderREAD MORE: Vatican slams Trump and Vance over 'just war' theory – 'This was before drones'View 2 ImagesDaniel Graham, also found guilty in the Sycamore Gap trial(Image: Enterprise News and Pictures)Asked if he was happy to be out of jail, he told ITV News that he was, and confirmed that he was back to work. Steve Blair, general manager from Twice Brewed Inn, near Sycamore Gap, said he was "shocked" to learn of Carruthers' return home.The pub, which welcomes many walkers along Hadrian's Wall, is home to a slice of the felled tree. Carruthers has been released under the government’s Home Detention Curfew Scheme, which allows prisoners to serve part of their sentence at home.‌They are expected to wear an electronic tag, and to spend between nine and around 12 hours a day at their registered home address. Both Carruthers and Graham, from near...