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Pruning twigs leads to £20k fine threat for Short Heath man
Express & Star 17 May 10
When the Highways Agency chopped down dozens of trees shielding his home from the busy M6 last year, pensioner Bryan Wiseman had to simply put up with it. But after pruning a couple of branches from a hawthorn tree overhanging his garden in Woodside Way, Short Heath, the 70-year-old has been stunned by the threat of a court fine of up to £20,000.
The letter from Walsall Council is even harder to swallow for Mr Wiseman, as he has spent years tending to Rough Wood at the back of his home as a member of a committee looking after the beauty spot…