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Man gets £11m gas bill
A Dorset man was stunned when he received a gas bill for his two-bedroom rented flat - for £11 million.
Denis Dixon knew immediately that it was a mistake - as he had already paid the £500 quarterly bill for the flat in Charminster.
He told the Daily Echo : "When I phoned British Gas and told the woman at the other end I was going to have difficulty paying my gas bill, she suggested we could come to some sort of an arrangement.
"She checked the bill and then just laughed, saying she could only apologise."
Mr Dixon has offered to donate £200 to charity if anyone can prove they have received a bigger bill than £11m.
British Gas Business has also agreed to donate £200 to a charity of Mr Dixon's choice as recompense for its mistake.
British Gas Business spokesman Mark Duffell said: "Quite clearly, it has been a silly mistake and that bill should not have been sent out.
"We have apologised to him. We are looking into exactly what happened.
"It was due to human error. The meter had been changed and the wrong reading was taken - clearly it should have been spotted."
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