The tree stood for nearly 150 years before Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers set out on what a prosecutor called a 'moronic mission' to fell the majestic sycamore.

Two men who cut down England’s iconic Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced to prison. The tree stood for nearly 150 years near Hadrian’s Wall.

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."