Chainsaw-wielding vandals have destroyed an 80-year-old tree in a Leicester park. The mature poplar in Braunstone Park was discovered badly damaged yesterday morning in what council staff think might be a botched attempt to steal wood. The culprits attempted to slice through the three metre circumference base of the 60 ft tree and nailed wooden blocks to the trunk as a makeshift later so, it appears, they could cut at branches higher up. Parks officials say the tree cannot be saved and will have...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 14 hours ago.
Chainsaw-wielding vandals have destroyed an 80-year-old tree in a Leicester park. The mature poplar in Braunstone Park was discovered badly damaged yesterday morning in what council staff think might be a botched attempt to steal wood. The culprits attempted to slice through the three metre circumference base of the 60 ft tree and nailed wooden blocks to the trunk as a makeshift later so, it appears, they could cut at branches higher up. Parks officials say the tree cannot be saved and will have...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 14 hours ago.