They Cut Down a Sycamore Tree. Now They Have a 4-Year Prison Term | WSJ News
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It was an act of destruction that sent shock waves through the United Kingdom and captured global headlines. One of Britain's most famous and photographed trees disfelled overnight called the Sycamore Gap. Police say it was cut down as an act of vandalism.This tree's demise triggered a manhunt, stoked international anger, and culminated in a trial that gripped the UK. Still think it was just a tree. Here's why.The destruction of this sycamore tree earned two men international hy and a more than four-year pr ...