Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers chopped down the tree for a mindless 'thrill' and then revelled in media coverage. Both were jailed for four years and three months.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have been jailed for four years and three months after cutting down the iconic sycamore tree in a fold in the Northumberland landscape.

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers caused 'irreversible' damage to Sycamore Gap in Northumberland National Park when they felled the iconic tree with a chainsaw

Former friends turned enemies, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, were convicted of criminal damage to the immensely popular Sycamore Gap tree, which they claimed was felled in a 'drunken prank'

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers destroyed the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland National Park, which was made famous in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed - She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycam

A great-grandmother who travelled more than 200 miles to see the Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced has said justice was not done.

Relatives of manslaughter victims have told of their dismay at seeing Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham locked-up for longer than those that took the lives of their loved ones