Surrey tree cutter: residents horrified by ‘mindless vandalism’

Under cover of darkness in recent weeks, unknown person has felled nearly 50 trees in Elmbridge

In the Surrey town of Weybridge in the borough of Elmbridge, there is anger, suspicion and no little nervousness. A mystery tree-feller, who has in recent weeks taken a chainsaw to trees in the area under cover of darkness, has returned to launch another destructive spree.

This person is playing a game with us," said Cameron Flynn, 21, who set up the Facebook group Elmbridge Tree Patrol, which has logged almost 50 incidents of trees being felled, their branches left strewn across roads, paths and in the river.