Two British men were sentenced to more than four years in prison on Tuesday for cutting down one of the most iconic trees in England, the Sycamore Gap Tree.

As two men are jailed for felling the tree which once stood tall in the Gap, people living in the town tell the BBC about the damage done.

The vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for causing irreversible damage and serious distress.