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Jaimie Kay

Energy firm bailiffs force Leeds mum to have pre-payment meters for 'debt that isn't hers'

A Leeds mum says she cannot pay for electricity after bailiffs turned up with a warrant to make the old meter in the house safe.

Melissa Phillips, 20 says she has been left with only a couple of weeks' worth of electricity after having issues with her energy supplier and bailiffs appearing at her home. Melissa, who lives in Wortley said she and her children have really struggled throughout the ordeal, which began on February 6.

The single mum-of-two noticed a number of vans parked outside on her street, thinking it was just an everyday thing and someone was in trouble. However, after she sat her son down for breakfast and went upstairs to check on her daughter, bailiffs knocked on her door.

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