A pensioner wrongly suspected of chopping the Sycamore Gap tree has told how he resorted to wearing a Rod Stewart wig to disguise himself in public. Walter Renwick was arrested alongside a teenager ...

News UK News Sycamore Gap tree 'I was accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree and wore Rod Stewart wig as disguise in public' Walter Renwick, 70, found himself at the centre of fake claims and abuse ...

And that was wrongly believed to be the motive behind the criminal damage of the tree, which belongs to the National Trust. Walter's land and property were searched by Northumbria Police officers ...

But in May this year a jury at Newcastle Crown Court convicted Graham, 39, and Carruthers, 32, both from the Carlisle area of Cumbria of criminal damage of the tree and part of Hadrian's Wall.