Police investigating mystery tree massacre after beauty spot hacked to pieces by 'group wielding chainsaws'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have been called in to investigate after trees were hacked down by 'a group armed with chainsaws' in a Tameside neighbourhood.
At least a dozen mature trees are believed to have been cut down on woodland off Stalyhill Drive and Wildbank Chase, near Mottram Rise in Stalybridge.
The woodland was first targeted between Christmas and New Year, before a group returned to continue cutting trees a week later, the Manchester Evening News has been told. READ MORE: Angela Rayner to join striking bus drivers as passengers face another week of cancelled services Tameside Council has confirmed the land belongs to them and an investigation into 'alleged criminal damage' is now underway.
Christine Robinson, a resident who regularly walks in the woodland, first heard about the issue when her husband John returned home from a walk with the dog.
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