Winchester busker Frank Williams may stay and fight civic chiefs' attempts to evict him from his dome home near Winchester.

Mr Williams met city council lawyers yesterday to see the original land deeds from 1930 that prove ownership of the site.

He has lived in woodland near the Itchen Navigation, off Garnier Road, for eight years, having come to Winchester to battle the M3 construction through Twyford Down.

Mr Williams had said that, if the council prove ownership, he would move voluntarily.

But after the meeting with solicitor Fiona Sutherland at the council offices, he said he was now inclined to contest any legal action.

He said: "I have got to go through all the documents to decide what I will do. I started to get a little bit angry in the meeting and started making comparisons to Hitler. I can't bear people who are going to kick you around but say they don't like doing it.

"I did say I would move, but that was likely to have been in the middle of summer. By the time they get their paperwork together I will have the bailiffs round on Christmas Eve.

"I would quite like it to come to court now just to air the fact that the council is a bunch of inefficient, bumbling bureaucrats. They are making decisions that affect people's lives.

"They are worried that thousands of cloned Franks are going to turn up. But I don't want to live in a city of tents. I do a lot to keep the numbers down."

Mr Williams was accompanied by local councillor Ian Tait and John Holder, a supporter, of Colebrook Place.

Mr Holder said: "Frank has been living there for many years without any problems. I can't understand anyone who complained.

"The council promotes recycling and

being more green. Who is more green than Frank? If he goes it will be Winchester's loss."

A council spokesman said: "We have produced proof to Mr Williams that the council owns the land.

"Following today's meeting we will now write to Mr Williams and wait to hear what he intends to do."

The council previously admitted it could not find the deeds despite an intensive search, but they were found earlier this month.