Two men have been sentenced to four years and three months each in prison for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were both found guilty of two counts of criminal damage in May,

LONDON (AP) — Vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for damaging the country’s natural heritage and for the outrage and distress they caused.

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree in a "deliberate and mindless" act.