Vandals cut down trees using chainsaw

ANGUS Council has condemned brazen vandals who used a chainsaw to cut down trees in a park.

Three trees were felled at a Brechin public park in what the authority described as an “inexplicable act” of vandalism.

A member of the public even saw the chainsaw-wielding culprit but assumed it was an official tree-cutting operation being carried out by the local authority.

A spokesman for the council said: “It appears the trees, which were situated at the war memorial, were destroyed at some point on Wednesday December 14.

“A member of the public saw they had been cut down and later reported it after realising it wasn’t the council that had carried out the ‘work’. A fourth tree has also been downed on the nature trail in Brechin.

“Indications are that all of the trees were felled by someone using a chainsaw.”

The incidents have been reported to police and the council has urged anyone with information to contact Police Scotland on 101.

The Brechin park incident is the latest in a spate of vandalism across the county.

New playpark equipment at the Hornie park in Forfar was targeted in August.

The cemetery at Kirrie Hill has also been the subject of complaints after reports that youngsters took wreaths from the war memorial after Remembrance Sunday.