Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe REIGATE, England, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A British appeals court rejected a farmer's request to stop the demolition of a castle he secretly built on his property and concealed for four years. Robert Fidler of Salfords, Surrey, said the castle, which includes a cannon and ramparts made from discarded grain silos, was completed in 2002. He said he hid it behind bales of straw for four years while he was living inside with his wife and son, Sky News reported Wednesday. Advertisement Fidler said he took away the castle's disguise in 2006 due to a planning law loophole granting enforcement immunity to buildings that have been complete for more than four years. However, the Reigate and Banstead Borough Council said removing the camouflage from the castle was a part of its construction and ordered it demolished. The farmer took the case to the High Court, but the appeals judge agreed with the council. Fidler's lawyer, Pritpal Singh Swarn, said further appeals are possible.
