Man convicted of illegally felling more than 2,000 trees fails in appeal bid
Jeff Lane was appealing a conviction after he was found guilty of illegally chopping down the equivalent of 12 football fields of protected woodland
A man convicted of illegally felling more than 2,000 trees has failed in an appeal against his conviction. Jeff Lane was found guilty in March of felling more than eight hectares of woodland on Gower, Swansea, without the appropriate licence. Recorder R Kenber told Swansea Crown Court there was "clear and compelling evidence" that illegal felling had taken place.He had tried to argue that he had only cut down "rotten and decayed trees" in an effort to "improve the land" at Old Forge Farm, in Fairwood.
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