“It’s one thing going in with a chainsaw to cut down diseased trees, compared to ripping and clawing out undergrowth and clearing an entire area.
“This is also an area special to many in Thetford. It is a lane where they played as children and continued to use for recreation to this day.”
Residents and councillors in Thetford say they are “devastated” after the removal of woodland on land belonging to the Kilverstone Estate by Joe Blunt s Lane.
- Credit: Hazel McCambridge
Kilverstone Estate’s forestry contractor said the area would have been inspected by the Forestry Commission to consider the impact of the proposal on the woodland wildlife and that a European Protected Species survey was carried out – as required by the Forestry Commission Felling Licence.
Driver who admitted leaving scene of deadly crash gets prison sentence
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
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Mashon Wilson, 30, pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death and driving while suspended, according to a release from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of burglary.
Wilson received a six-year prison sentence for the first, most serious charge and 45 days in county jail with credit for time served for pleading guilty to driving while suspended and four years in state prison for the burglary charge, the office said. The sentences will run concurrently.