Woman Decides To Cut Down Dead Apple Tree, What She Finds Inside Brings Her Police Protection

In Back Hill, a woman came under police protection after discovering an unexploded bomb hidden in an old apple tree in her garden.

Christine Battersby had hired a specialist to remove the decaying tree, which revealed a hand grenade lodged in its trunk. The police quickly cordoned off the area, and Colchester’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit safely removed the grenade the next morning after securing the site overnight with sandbags.