Neighbour as pollarded my acer

[daltontrees]

That is or was a japanese maple, slow to grow and poor at recovering from pruning, especially major pruning.

 

You might get somewhere asking the police to prosecute for criminal damage.

 

Ignore those on here who are advising (hopefully in jest) spiteful and childish retribution. Arbtalk is a total embarrasment sometimes, especially when members of the public come asking for advice. We don't all have pooh fixations, honest.

[spudulike]

The neighbour has broken two laws:-

Trespass which is a civil law so the police won't help unless he damaged property or broke in.

And

Criminal damage which they may well assist with.

If criminal damage is proved in court, the neighbour may well be told to replace the tree with one as similar as is possible plus costs.

The neighbour is an arsehole and you just need to work out what you need to do to ensure he knows it and knows you aren't a pushover. Legal action is bloody expensive and perhaps a solicitors cease and desist letter to basically squeeze his gonads, pointing out the laws he broke and then replace the tree if it doesn't survive...a Robina may be a good choice.

The twat needs to know he has broken laws and they have consequences. Some neighbours are complete bell ends!

[Steven P]

Looks like the 'neighbour' also had a go at the hedge at the back on the right as well and left his ladders handy in the night shots. Garden furniture, the shelves, look to me like they have bedded in really really quickly in 3 weeks - but the last owner might have left them of course. Cynical me, but the story isn't quite adding up right.

 

[peds]

Here's the 3 pictures for quick reference. 

 

Im not sure I follow your meaning on the hedge thing... would you care to elucidate?

 

As for the ladder... lots of people own ladders! Don't get me wrong, I love a good auld conspiracy as much as the next guy, but you're going to do more to convince me on this one Steve.

 

 

 

[Steven P]

It just doesn't quite read right to me, I've had a look at this one yesterday and again today, and the gut feeling is there is a little more to the story we arn't being told.

 

Pics 2 and 3 go the other way round, ladder photo the night of the 'crime' and daylight the next morning. Coincidence maybe. To me the hedge (between the trellis and the semi- house in the background) looks like it has had some attention at the same time too... but that could be incidental to a limb falling on it from the tree. Owner has had the house for 3 weeks - so photo 1 from the estate agent, or they really really loved the tree from day 1 to photo it?

 

My feeling is the story "Was tidying up the (new?) garden, trimmed the tree, think I've messed up, can I save the tree"

[GarethM]

Plus looks at the photo and the diameter of the trunk around where there is a scar.

 

There lovely tree photo looks about 5 years difference.

[Rich Rule]

Has this turned into a spot the difference challenge?

 

 

[GarethM]

Just now, Rich Rule said:

Has this turned into a spot the difference challenge?

Only if you manage to circle the football.

[Mark Bolam]

The ladders thing is bugging me now!

 

You can just see them, beside the candlestick and the dagger.

[Steven P]

11 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Has this turned into a spot the difference challenge?

 

 

 

Fck... I'd better have a quiet day tomorrow else I will be missing work to do just this!