A fresh wave of criminal damage to Hackney’s street trees has stoked uproar in the borough as both police and the council struggle to put a stop to the bewildering attacks.
Locals have lobbied the Town Hall over “aggressive, brainless snapping”, ring-barking and other “sophisticated” techniques used to vandalise and destroy trees throughout Cazenove ward, where Stoke Newington, Upper Clapton and Stamford Hill intersect.
