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An Edinburgh builder who hacked into 100-year-old protected “landmark” tree with a chainsaw and killing it in a fit of “frustration” after council chiefs refused to let him chop it down today avoided a massive fine.
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"Angry builder cut down protected 100-year-old tree" (Fife)
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Posted 10 years ago #
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what an A-hole.
Also it appears that editing or proof reading is now a thing of the past for the EEN...
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When I was a volunteer tree warden I discovered that there are people who hate (or fear) trees almost as much as other people hate bicycles.
Posted 10 years ago # -
I am sure being called outrageous and disgraceful a few times by the sheriff is punishment enough..
Posted 10 years ago # -
ISLANDERS were left stunned when a landing barge invaded the tranquility of an idyllic Hebridean beach and began unloading heavy construction machinery.
Residents have complained after rock pecker machines were driven across the pristine white sand at Gallanach and began channelling a route through the cliff face, adjacent to the beach.
The land belongs to islander Neil Smith, a director of Gallanach Green Generation Limited, which has permission to build a 250ft 750kw wind turbine a short distance from the beach.
Full story requires a subscription, but long and short of it was he wasn't allowed to do this but did it anyway.
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My parents' former neighbour, whose garden lacked trees, hacked at and whined about my parents' trees over the course of fifteen years, eventually securing an extremely begrudged request to fell a hundred-year-old beech, whose leaves were apparently causing great distress to his grass.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Aye, Mr Wilkie has certainly been the talk of the toon, after this appalling act of vandalism.
He's a little miffed that the cooncil won't give him planning permission to build flats because of the tree, so he killed it, transferred the land to his daughter and got her to put in a planning application.... Which has been turned down (small mercy).
He now puts banners up on the land every now and again complaining, and parks his van and porsche on it.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Gosh, well I am really glad he didn't get fined the £20k then, he might have had to sell the porshe!
Posted 10 years ago # -
What's the bets his sequestration was a planned maneuver before he hit the court?
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