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Sarah Vesty & Laura Sharman

Grandad slapped with £2k bill as dodgy meter battle leaves OAP freezing in home

A grandad with dementia was forced to turn off his heating during the winter after being wrongly charged £2,000 by Scottish Power.

Michael Hanley, 90, was left freezing at his home in Port Glasgow, Scotland, while his family battled to get his dodgy electricity meter replaced in a two and a half year debacle.

His daughter Maria Houston, 57, first told the energy giant about the fault in August 2019 when she noticed the device was not recording any data.

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