Case dismissed against man accused of failing to report tampering with an electricity meter

A man accused of failing to report tampering with an electricity meter that then failed to record more than 12,000 units of use has had the case against him dismissed.

James Delaney Snr, with an address at Pier Road in Bantry in Co Cork, was prosecuted at Bantry District Court by ESB Networks DAC, which claimed that he, as the registered electricity consumer, had failed to prevent tampering by use of magnets of a pre-paid electricity meter over a period of almost a year.