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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ben Griffiths

Dad left furious after British Gas mistakenly send bailiffs to his house four times

Bungling British Gas sent bailiffs to a dad’s flat four times after he moved in – for an £8,000 bill belonging to a home half a mile away.

The firm, whose owners Centrica reported £3.3 billion profits, bombarded Rowan Purdy, 45, with threats.

But despite the builder having proof the bill was not his, British Gas kept sending debt agents with engineers to force-fit a pre-payment metre he already had.

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