The tree stood for nearly 150 years before the two men carried out what a prosecutor called a “moronic mission” and cut it down in the middle of the night.

The two men were sentenced to more than four years in prison for cutting down the 150-year-old tree. A prosecutor called their act a "moronic mission."

Two British men, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Tuesday, July 15 for cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree, which had stood for nearly 150 years.