Tampering with household gas meters ‘putting lives at risk’

Householders are putting their lives at risk by tampering with utility meters.

In the past 18 months almost 1,300 people attempted to alter their gas meters in a desperate bid to reduce household costs.

According to Bord Gáis Networks, 512 people have tampered with their meter so far this year. The overall figure for last year was 740, based on the number of reports of tampering received by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER).