A slashed tyre (stock image) Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Animal lover Claire Proctor slashed the tyres of a tree surgeon’s van - because he was removing a tree where squirrels nested. The 37-year-old verbally abused the victim as he worked in a garden behind her house, before taking a knife to his tyres.