LONDON -- A Labour supporter who commissioned a giant mural depicting British Prime Minister David Cameron strangling a nurse on the side of his house is facing prosecution.
Tony Davis asked a street artist to paint the artwork on his home in South Gloucestershire, near Bristol, ahead of the general election, the Bristol Post reports. It also featured the NHS logo along with the text, "Safe in his hands?"
The South Gloucestershire Council sent Tony Davis a letter demanding that the artwork be removed. "On assessment, the planning enforcement team considered the mural to be an advertisement without the necessary prior advertisement consent," the council said in a statement.
"I've had a notice of prosecution," Davis told the Bristol Post. "If you are a commercial premises you can advertise anything, but if you are a private premises, you are restricted to a size of 2 feet by 3 feet. But this applies to hoardings -- not something that is painted on the wall like mine is, and also my question is -- what exactly am I meant to be advertising?"
Davis' mural is 30 feet by 10 feet, according to reports.
He intends to fight to keep the mural and has written the council several letters. "As far as I am concerned, they are using the legislation improperly," he said.
Cameron's Conservative party swept into power following the UK general elections on May 7 and formed a majority government. The NHS was a key battleground during the party's election campaigns ahead of the vote.