Two men have been sentenced to four years and three months each in prison for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England.

When the Sycamore Gap tree was illegally cut down in September 2023, TV chef and Hairy Biker Si King was among those devastated by its wanton destruction. Such was his anger, it took nearly two years and the conviction of two men before he could bring himself to visit the site again.

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.