Two men accused of chopping down the famous Sycamore Gap tree kept a wedge as a trophy in a felling that prosecutors described as a "moronic mission". The tree had stood for more than 100 years in a dip on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland before it was felled overnight on 27 September,

The Sycamore Gap tree was felled in minutes using a chainsaw and silver spray with a wedge of the trunk 'taken as a trophy', a court has heard. Opening the trial to jurors at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday,

Two men's "moronic mission" to chop down the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland was an act of "mindless vandalism," a jury has been told.