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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Katie Weston

British Gas customer left gobsmacked as energy bill says he owes £82,833

A British Gas customer was left gobsmacked after his energy bill stated that he owed over £82,000.

Tim Whiteley, 60, said he was "quite taken aback" by the staggering sum when logging onto his account last week to check his current status.

Thankfully the figure was put down to a meter reading being entered incorrectly, but he was left struggling to resolve the issue for around a week.

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