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.

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

Two men have each been jailed for more than four years for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in the United Kingdom. The tree is a much-loved and well-known global landmark whose dramatic silhouette had featured in a Hollywood movie.