Scottish Power debt team filmed raiding wrong home

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Scottish Power debt team filmed raiding wrong home
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The men entered the flat while the occupier was out - even though she is not a Scottish Power customer.

Footage appears to show debt collectors breaking in to the flat of someone who has never been a Scottish Power customer

"She tried to engage with them through the intercom and they chose to ignore that, and then watched for a period of 43 seconds as two guys walked through the door," he said.Mr Maciver said he drove from his home in St Andrews to the property in Glasgow to investigate. He said his daughter had reported the letters three times to Scottish Power but they kept sending written demands for unpaid money.Mr Maciver said he faced a "denial culture" at the energy firm when he tried to complain.

"In view of the upset caused, I offered your daughter £500 as a gesture of goodwill and advised you that we were continuing to investigate which flat we do supply, your daughters' details were removed from our system."It follows the case of Irene Girvan, from Glasgow, who claimed the energy giant hounded her for a year over money she insists she did not owe.

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