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.

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.

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."