Truro memorial tree mistakenly cut down by robot mower

Ms Wright said: “It was just really gutting.

“It meant a lot, I was born on the estate, my mum lived on the estate.

“She meant a lot to a lot of people, it was a way of remembering her, something for the kids to look at and think of the good times.”

She said her daughter was there when the tree was planted at Malpas Road Community Centre in 2022 and had watched it grow.

“To think somebody would just cut it away, I’m sad, a little angry, my 15-year-old daughter is gutted,” she said.

“I would like an apology and it would be nice to have the money reimbursed or an equivalent tree provided.”