内容摘要：Family members testified about the abuse they witnessed - but none said they saw sexual abuse first-hand.

Family members testified about the abuse they witnessed - but none said they saw sexual abuse first-hand.

in 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, each deny two counts of criminal damage relating to the tree and the Roman Wall.

Mr Carruthers told jurors he had "no clue" who did it.Jurors were previouslyand had global significance for its position on the former frontier of the Roman empire.

Mr Graham's phone and Range Rover were both tracked going to and from the site, while a video, which prosecutors allege shows the moment the tree was felled, was filmed on his mobile, the court has heard.A wedge of wood was taken as a "trophy" and photographed hours later alongside a chainsaw in the boot of Mr Graham's car, prosecutors have said.

and Mr Carruthers must have taken his car and phone without his knowledge.

On the sixth day of the trial, Mr Carruthers took to the witness box where he started by denying he had anything to do with felling the tree or filming it.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with senior police leaders on Thursday to offer them his "full backing".

, charged with murdering three girls and attempting to murder eight other children and two adults in Monday's knife attack. He was named as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana.Dal Babu, former Ch Supt and firearms commander in the Met, has blamed the disorder on the "reckless" spread

about the identity of the suspect charged in the stabbing.Speaking on BBC R4's Today Programme, Mr Babu said the police have taken the "unprecedented" decision to confirm the suspect "was born in this country".