A property developer who was fined more than £65,000 for chopping down protected trees has been hauled back into court for destroying even more.
Just weeks after being prosecuted for illegally felling dozens of historic oaks, landowner James Barney pleaded guilty to destroying more woodland.
Despite protest from councillors and residents, Barney awoke horrified neighbours by turning up with a team and a digger to cut down 53 oak trees which were over 100 years old and subject to a Tree Preservation Order.
