Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers previously testified at trial that they had nothing to do with the vandalism, but a prosecutor said that the two convicts now blame booze for the act as they admitted before sentencing that they had been on what he termed a “moronic mission” to topple the tree.

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.