Indian-Origin Family's Tree Chopped In Half By 'Pettiest Neighbours Ever'

Bharat Mistry said his next-door neighbours in Waterthorpe, Sheffield, had complained about pigeons nesting within the branches dirtying their side of the open boundary.

An Indian-origin family's fir tree, which was chopped in half by their neighbours unhappy with bird droppings onto their yard, has become something of a local attraction in a city in northern England.Bharat Mistry said his next-door neighbours in Waterthorpe, Sheffield, had complained about pigeons nesting within the branches dirtying their side of the open boundary. The 56-year-old said an attempt to reach an amicable solution failed and his neighbours went on to call in a tree surgeon. "You can imagine when he first did it we were angry. Obviously, after a couple of days we calmed down a bit," Mistry told the BBC. The next-door couple, in their 70s, first asked for the tree to be removed last March.