A British couple's dream of a quiet retirement in the sun of southern France turned into a nightmare when their neighbours walled them into their home.The Dysons' tormentors were not jealous locals resentful of outsiders pushing up property prices, but another British couple furious that they had apparently trespassed on a shared lane they claimed to own.Villagers told AFP their nextdoor neighbours the Dunlops had first blocked the Dysons' front door with a large van before deciding to make their confinement more permanent.Gach said the Dunlops nailed up their neighbours' window shutters and barred their door with wooden fence posts cemented into the ground, forcing the Dysons to leave by their back garden.Finally, last week when the Dysons were out shopping, the Dunlops began building a wall reaching up to the second storey of the house."They waited for us to go out before they started the bricklaying," said John Dyson, who is in fragile health.
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