"I was hoping to preserve a piece of history."
A man who sited a section of the Berlin Wall in his south London garden may be forced to remove it, after complaints from neighbours.
Steven Thorpe said he bought a chunk of the historic wall in Germany before bringing it home in February.
But, he received a notice from Southwark Council saying the installation harmed a neighbouring property because of its "overbearing scale, oppressive sense of enclosure and stark industrial appearance".
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(Steven Thorpe/Getty)
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