Man knew rules before felling trees, appeal hears
Jeff Lane is appealing his conviction after he was found guilty of illegally chopping down the equivalent of 12 football fields of protected woodlandA man who was convicted of felling more than two thousand trees had been warned he was breaking the rules on multiple occasions, an appeal has heard.for clearing more than eight hectares of wet woodland on the Gower peninsula.
Damian Ward of Natural Resources Wales said it was "absolutely clear" Mr Lane had gone beyond the initial licence application.Image caption,Giving evidence at Swansea Crown Court, Mr Ward, woodland officer for NRW, said the initial application allowed for the thinning of the trees. He added that when woodland officers visited the land on June 2019 they "saw areas that had been cleared of trees and areas where you could see it because there were stumps".The following year, in September 2020, photo evidence showed the equivalent of 12 football pitches of trees had been felled.
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