£40,000 Fine

[JonnyRFT]

12 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I realise he, or his contractor shouldn't have done what he did, but it's £40k!, sounds a lot, and is to most people. I'd bet he's laughing. He's got what he wanted and the courts have been seen to do the right thing.

 

Will other wealthy property owners/developers worry about it? I doubt it very much.

Would it not leave you with a criminal conviction though?

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, JonnyRFT said:

Would it not leave you with a criminal conviction though?

Ask some wealthy people like MP's, or Lords that have criminal convictions if they give a toss.

 

When people have stacks of cash a criminal conviction is like you and me getting a parking ticket, it really is that insignificant.

[JonnyRFT]

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

Ask some wealthy people like MP's, or Lords that have criminal convictions if they give a toss.

 

When people have stacks of cash a criminal conviction is like you and me getting a parking ticket, it really is that insignificant.

Good point

[eggsarascal]

39 minutes ago, JonnyRFT said:

Good point

Good laugh for his mates as well. "Ya wot, 40k for getting some bloke cut some branches off a tree?).

 

"You woz proper mugged bruv".

[The avantgardener]

11 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

I realise he, or his contractor shouldn't have done what he did, but it's £40k!, sounds a lot, and is to most people. I'd bet he's laughing. He's got what he wanted and the courts have been seen to do the right thing.

 

Will other wealthy property owners/developers worry about it? I doubt it very much.

When I first started in the tree business I was asked to fell a large Beech tree on a new build site in Bolton, £500 put it in the deck and leave, contractor would take the hit, around 24 grand at the time, but put 300 grand house in its place., told him to stick it and called TO.

He was a repeat offender and apparently gets knocked back with planning permission on lots of new land he acquires.

Edited March 24, 2019 by The avantgardener
Typo

[Thesnarlingbadger]

They should force the moron to replant a load of sizeable conifers where the branch was and warn him that if he touches them he’ll be paying out a million. That way he’s lost the battle. What a prat

[forestboy1978]

got ripped off paying 1 mill for that house.

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, forestboy1978 said:

got ripped off paying 1 mill for that house.

That depends, if its worth £1.5 in two years he's laughing. 

[Gary Prentice]

"Wilson is thought to be the first person prosecuted under the Proceeds of Crime Act over damaging a tree to improve light"

 

I don't understand this comment. Is he the first to done for 'pruning/damaging' under the PoC? _ Rather than destroying/felling?

[Chris at eden]

On ‎23‎/‎03‎/‎2019 at 20:52, eggsarascal said:

 

 

Will other wealthy property owners/developers worry about it? I doubt it very much.

I would imagine the criminal record is more of a problem for them.