Sydney Gardener Fined Nearly $200,000 for Removing 287 Trees to Improve Mansion's Water Views

Summary

A Sydney gardener, Yi Wang, has been fined almost $200,000 for orchestrating the removal of 287 native trees from council-owned bushland to improve water views from a harbourside mansion. The incident, which involved payments left in a shoe, was described by the local council as the "worst act of environmental vandalism in Lane Cove history."