A Japanese knotweed expert has told how people can be hit hard in the pocket by having the shrub in their garden and it could lead to fines of more than £34,000.
Jason Harker's company Japanese Knotweed Expert, in Stoke-on-Trent, has been clearing the plant from homes and businesses up and down the country for more than 20 years and says that breaking little-known environmental laws could even land people in jail.
Only last month accountant Jeremy Henderson, 41, was fined more than £200,000 after selling his three-bedroom house in south-west London to furniture designer Jonathan Downing in August 2018.
