An energy firm took the controversial decision to enter an East Lothian mum and gran's home to rip out her electricity meter in an ongoing row of unpaid bills.
The move, by energy company SSE, has prompted concern that thousands of other struggling customers could suffer the same fate as living costs soar.
Tracey Miller, from Macmerry, East Lothian, owed the utility company £690 and believed she had reached an agreement to pay the sum in weekly chunks.
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But while she was staying with a friend, representatives from SSE went into her house and replaced the 48-year-old's meter with a more expensive prepayment one.
There was no obvious sign of a break-in, reports our sister title the Daily Record, but Tracy was told by the firm that it had a court order to enter her home in Macmerry, East Lothian.
