R.I.P. 80-100 Year Old Walnut Tree--Killed by Mehrab-Khani and Hobart City Council Inaction

The whole of Bathurst Street in Hobart loved the old walnut tree. It was killed by Soheil Mehrab-Khani  (of www.developerkhani.com) with no enforcement or protection over a 2 year period from Hobart City Council. The weekend he took possesion of the property, he butchered the branches causing a "rot", as testified by arborist Jerry Romanski. No fines for this destruction were ever imposed on Mehrab-Khani by Council. In fact Council and Mehrab-Khani seem to be oblivious to the Tribunal Order:

When questioned over the lack of barrier at the Anti Discrimination Tribunal last week by Tony Jacobs, Mehrab-Khani responded that the barrier only needed to be up during excavation!  Even then it wasn't up except for the last few months after the roots had already been cut. So he either lied in court or had no idea what the Tribunal had ordered. The lack of action by Council for 2 yeas would suggest that Council also didn't know or didn't care.