A man was convicted and fined €500 by Judge Mary Devins at Ballina District Court on Tuesday, after an ESB meter in his home was discovered by an ESB technician to have been tampered with.
William Lawrence, 114 Abbey Court, Killala Road, Ballina has since paid for the cost of a replacement meter and also for the undercharge.
The court heard that the defendant did not know that the meter had been tampered with.
