A video recovered from Graham’s iPhone was shown to jurors on Tuesday, with Mr Wright telling them it was “extremely dark” but they would hear “the unmistakable sound of a chainsaw, and a tree falling”.
The court heard that as the news broke the following morning, the defendants shared social media posts about it with each other, with Mr Graham saying to Mr Carruthers “here we go”.
Mr Wright said Mr Carruthers sent Mr Graham a Facebook post from a man called Kevin Hartness saying: “Some weak people that walk this earth disgusting behaviour.”
Two minutes later Mr Graham replied to Mr Carruthers with a voice note saying: “That Kevin Hartness comment. Weak… f****** weak? Does he realise how heavy shit is?”
Mr Carruthers replied with his own voice note saying: “I’d like to see Kevin Hartness launch an operation like we did last night… I don’t think he’s got the minerals.”
In another message, Mr Graham said to Mr Carruthers “not a bad angle on that stump”, adding: “That’s clearly a professional.”
Another voice note from Mr Graham to Mr Carruthers said: “Jeffrey (a name Carruthers uses) it’s gone viral. It is worldwide. It will be on ITV news tonight.”
Mr Wright told jurors: “They are loving it, they’re revelling in it. This is the reaction of the people that did it. They still think it’s funny, or clever, or big.”
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