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Sycamore Gap pair were investigated over homophobic attacks

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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers convicted of cutting down Sycamore Gap tree.

A man reported being doused in icing sugar and subjected to verbal abuse in layby .

The CPS dropped the case more than a year later but police prepared a file for prosecutors.

Victim who spoke to the BBC says he was abused on two separate occasions.

He said he wished police had used his initial evidence to check CCTV at the time.

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75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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