In the days after the tree was discovered, Daniel Graham's phone was being used to access news reports about the felling, the court hears.

They included articles detailing the arrests of a 16-year-old boy and 60-year-old man on suspicion of chopping down the tree.

Multiple searches for "Sycamore Gap" were also made on YouTube, with videos including one saying "Robin Hood tree in Britain destroyed teenager arrested" accessed.

The trial is now resuming with Amy Sutherland, an intelligence analyst for Northumbria Police, still in the witness box here at courtroom one of Newcastle Crown Court.

Before the break we were hearing about the messages and screenshots of social media posts and media reports the two defendants were sending each other in the aftermath.

When he opened the case yesterday, prosecutor Richard Wright KC said their behaviour showed they were "revelling in" and "loving" the outraged reaction to the felling of the tree.

This afternoon is beginning with the reading out of more posts and screenshots the defendants saved.

The biggest moment so far was arguably when the video was played which purportedly showed the moment the tree was felled.

The two minute 41 second-long video was filmed on Daniel Graham's phone and found on the device when it was seized from his jacket pocket upon his arrest on 31 October.

You can see the video at the top of this feed.

A photograph of a chunk of wood and a chainsaw in the back of Mr Graham's Range Rover was also taken when he had returned home that night, the court heard.

Jurors also heard detailed explanations, assisted by marked maps, showing Mr Graham's car and phone moving towards and then away from the Sycamore Gap site, while the two defendants shared screenshots of social media posts and news articles about the felling in the aftermath.

It's been a busy morning in courtroom one at Newcastle Crown Court. Here's what we've heard so far in the trial of two men accused of illegally felling the famous Sycamore Gap tree:

• Experts from the National Trust and Historic England gave some history of the "iconic" and "totemic" tree and emphasised its global significance as being a much-loved landmark on the frontier of the Roman empire
• It was planted in the 1800s by a previous landowner to be "feature on the landscape", with the National Trust taking it over in 1942, jurors were told
• No-one had permission to cut it down, there is no doubt its felling was illegal, the court has heard
• Fortunately the tree's full canopy bore the brunt of the impact and subsequent resting weight, but the trunk of the tree had come to lie on two stones on the ancient Roman wall causing them to crack, jurors were told
• A walker attempting to hike the length of the Hadrian's Wall took what is believed to be the last picture of the tree intact at 17:20 BST on 27 September 2023
• The first police officer at the scene the following morning said rangers already at the site were "visibly shocked and upset"

Screenshots of various Facebook posts expressing outrage at the destruction were also found saved on Mr Graham's phone, the court hears.

They included posts from groups dedicated to walking Hadrian's Wall, the court hears.

In one, someone had said "[It] appears some wag has created a new historical landmark calling it the sycamore stump", to which a woman replied "that’s hardly amusing".

He had also saved pictures of news articles about a 16-year-old boy being arrested and the police appealing for information.

The trial is now breaking for lunch and will resume at 14:00 BST - we'll have a recap of this morning's updates from court shortly.

The pair also circled a comment made by someone on Facebook which said: "Judging by the quality of the cut and size of tree, I would say whoever it was has knowledge on how to fell large trees."

One person had replied there were "some weak people that walk this earth, disgusting behaviour".

That prompted Mr Graham to send a voice note to Mr Carruthers saying: "Weak? Does he realised how heavy [stuff] is?"

Mr Carruthers said he would like to see the commenter "launch an operation like we did last night", adding: "I don't think he's got the minerals."

He also sent a note saying people were tagging in news organisations, adding: "News, news, news. I think its going to go wild."

Mr Graham replied saying "Geoffrey", which was his nickname for Mr Carruthers, "it's gone viral, it is worldwide".

Another message was shared between the two accused men, containing a Facebook post in which someone wrote: "Horror of horrors, someone has felled the sycamore at Sycamore Gap, it is hard to believe anyone can do such a thing."

The pair also shared a screenshot of a Facebook post between them, in which someone said the tree had been "felled on purpose".

The message added: "For what purpose, who knows, the sad people who did this have murdered a beloved tree and changed the landscape for the worst, words fail me."

Here is a clip of the enhanced footage which was shown to jurors moments ago.

Ms Sutherland, an intelligence analyst for Northumbria Police, told the court the video was found on Mr Graham's phone which was seized from a jacket in his home when he was arrested on 31 October.

The following morning shortly before 09:30, Mr Graham sent Mr Carruthers a link to a Facebook post which declared "sad breaking news, famous tree came down in high winds last night".

This was followed by a 5 minute and 18 second-long WhatsApp call from Mr Carruthers to Mr Graham.

There was then another link shared of someone saying it was not the storm and somebody had felled it accompanied by anger emojis, which again Mr Carruthers sent to Mr Graham.

Mr Graham responded moments later stating: "Here we go."

A picture was taken on Mr Graham's iPhone 13 just after 02:00, the court hears.

It showed a chunk of wood and a chainsaw sitting on black plastic in the boot a car, jurors hear.

Ms Sutherland said she again used the metadata to plot the coordinates and they were a match for the yard of Mr Graham's home.

An expert confirmed the car boot in the picture was definitely that of Mr Graham's Range Rover, prosecutor Mr Wright says.

Two short videos were also taken showing the Stihl chainsaw with a grey and red body sitting next to a chunk of wood with one straight edge and a curved back.

At 01:30, Mr Carruthers' girlfriend sent him a video on Facebook of her bottle-feeding their child, the court hears.

He responded seconds later saying "I've got a much better video than that", to which his girlfriend replied: "I bet you have."

Mr Carruthers then told her: "You know the score."

The video was then sent from Mr Graham's phone to Mr Carruthers' device, the court hears.

Daniel Graham's phone reattached to the network in the Carlisle area at 01:28, the court hears.

Ms Sutherland said for it detach in the first place it would have been had to have been turned off or put on airplane mode.

A picture of the felled tree was taken on Mr Graham's phone at 00:34, the court hears.

Cameras at the Twice Brewed Inn picked up headlights driving away from Steel Rigg car park about 24 minutes later.

Three ANPR cameras picked up Mr Graham's Range Rover travelling from the east back west towards Carlisle, the court hears.

Fiona Trott
Reporting from Newcastle Crown Court

Daniel Graham is looking up at the screen and watching the video which the prosecution says shows the tree being cut down and was filmed using his phone.

Meanwhile, Adam Carruthers is looking at the floor.

The initial video was totally dark, with just the sound of wind and a chainsaw leading up to a giant crash.

A second version has now been shown to the jury, which has been enhanced by a Northumbria Police digital media examiner.

The contrast has been changed, a white border has been put around it and the image has been made brighter.

It is still grainy but now a figure can be seen appearing to use a chainsaw on the trunk of a large tree with a big, leafy canopy.

There is a loud cracking sound and the tree can then be seen falling.

A video purportedly showing the felling of the tree was found on Mr Graham's phone, the court hears.

Ms Sutherland said the device was seized from a jacket pocket at Mr Graham's home when he was arrested on 31 October.

She said the video was largely dark but sounds of a chainsaw could be heard.

Ms Sutherland said the video's metadata contained the coordinates where it was shot.

She plotted those coordinates on a map and they were the same as the tree at Sycamore Gap, jurors hear.

Jurors are now being shown the two minute and 41 second-long video.

The headlights of a car heading towards Sycamore Gap were caught on CCTV at the nearby Twice Brewed Inn shortly before midnight on 27 September, the court hears.

Although the details of the vehicle can not be made out, the headlights can be seen turning off the road on to the lane heading towards Steel Rigg car park, which is the closest public parking to Sycamore Gap.

The last ANPR camera to capture Mr Graham's Range Rover heading towards Sycamore Gap was in the Brampton area, picking it up at 23:37, the court hears.

His phone "detached itself" from the mobile network at 23:31, the jury hears.

The car reappeared at Brampton at 01:13, heading back to the west, Ms Sutherland says.

Asked if the data shows Mr Graham's phone and car were moving towards Sycamore Gap and then away from it back towards Carlisle, Ms Sutherland says: "Yes."

Mr Graham's Range Rover was picked up on several automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras travelling from Carlisle in the west along the A689 towards Sycamore Gap in the east, the court hears.

His mobile phone was also tracked using cell site analysis making the same eastbound journey, jurors are told.

The various cameras and masts have been circled on maps shown to the jury as part of their bundle, a large folder filled with documents supplied by the prosecution.

The defendants contacted each other several times throughout 27 September with calls and messages, the court hears.

Their last phone contact was at 22:23 BST, with the next being a video sent on Whatsapp from Mr Graham to Mr Carruthers at 01:39, which the court has heard was the video of the tree being felled.

Mr Wright previously told jurors the only reason the two stopped contacting each other at 22:23 was because they were together from then onwards.

There were also messages between Mr Carruthers and his partner at about 23:00 which showed he was not at home, the court hears.