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Farmer sentenced after cutting down trees in Herefordshire

The Crown Prosecution Service said John Price had been responsible for illegally felling a large area of alder, willow, hazel and thorn trees which were around 50 years old

Chris Brayford
clock • 2 min read
Senior crown prosecutor George Ward said John Price had earned a living from the land as a farmer but had 'no real regard for it' after illegally felling trees (CPS)
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Senior crown prosecutor George Ward said John Price had earned a living from the land as a farmer but had 'no real regard for it' after illegally felling trees (CPS)

A farmer has been sentenced for organising the illegal felling of trees in Herefordshire. John Pudge Price, 69, of Day House 51AVÊÓÆµin Leominster, pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday...

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