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Man handed massive court bill for chopping down trees without a licence

A 69-year-old man has been ordered to pay a court bill of more than £2,000 after he admitted chopping down trees without a licence.

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Hereford Magistrates Court was told that John Pudge Price, of Kingsland, near Leominster, felled growing timber without the authority of a licence issued by the appropriate forestry authority at Ryelands Farm, at Brimfield, near Ludlow, between February 14 and 21, 2022.