Hedge thieves will need a fence after steeling greenery from gardens in shocked sleepy village
- A row of laurel bushes was stolen outside Kitty Harding’s home in Tostock
- Then Des Wells had his 3ft tall, 15ft long hedge take from outside his home
- Suffolk Police are appealing for information about the thefts of the hedges
Neighbours in a sleepy village were astonished to discover their garden hedges were stolen from outside their homes.
Overnight on Thursday (January 10), Mrs Kitty Harding had a row of laurel bushes stolen from outside her home in Flatts Lane, Tostock, Bury St Edmonds, which she had only recently planted.
Then Des Wells, 51, had his 3ft tall and 15ft long hedge stolen between 6.30am and 7.30am the next day from his home in nearby Church Road.
Neighbours in a sleepy village are stunned after their garden hedges were stolen from outside their homes. Stock picture shows a yew hedge
Mr Wells, who had also recently planted his hedge, said: ‘To steal a hedge like that, you have got to be a desperate landscape gardener or totally dishonest. It’s a strange thing to nick.
‘When I reported it to the police, I said ‘you are not going to believe this…’ and she said ‘try me’.
‘She said ‘you won’t believe what people steal’.’
Mr Wells explained a neighbour had told him about the hedge being stolen.
He said ‘I thought he was winding me up – I couldn’t believe it.’
Mr Wells had only recently planted the hedge, consisting of yew, in front of his house.
Overnight on Thursday (January 10), Mrs Kitty Harding had a row of laurel bushes stolen from outside her home in Flatts Lane, Tostock, Bury St Edmonds, which she had only recently planted. Picture shows a general view of Flatts Lane
Then Des Wells, 51, had his 3ft tall and 15ft long hedge stolen between 6.30am and 7.30am the next day from his home in nearby Church Road. Stock picture shows a general view of Church Road
Mr Wells said believed he didn’t hear the thieves because he was suffering from a cold.
Mrs Harding had between 15 and 20 laurel bushes stolen.
She said it was ‘unnerving’ but she wasn’t surprised, having been the victim of theft before.
Mrs Harding, who has lived at her home for 20 years, said she had expected her plants to be taken, because her property is vulnerable, being right on the road.
‘Every time I opened the curtains the next morning and saw they were there I was like ‘oh, they are still there’.
‘I was sad, but I wasn’t surprised they were taken eventually.’
Mrs Harding had between 15 and 20 laurel plants stolen. Stock picture shows a laurel hedge
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Mr Wells said once the plants had become established it wouldn’t have been possible to have removed them without digging them up.
He had been replacing all of the hedge around the front of his property and said the section stolen was worth up to £400.
Suffolk Police are appealing for witnesses and have been approached by MailOnline for comment.
Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting crime references 37/2061/19 of January 11 for the Church Road incident.
If you have information about Flatts Lane incident call police on 101 and quote incident reference number 37/2136/19 of January 10.
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