'All we want is to get our home back'

Elderly couple tell of struggles after daughter's death and house fire

- By WESLEY HOLMES

AN elderly couple say they feel “broken” following a months-long battle to reclaim their family home in Rainhill.

Ken Murray, 88, and his wife Anne, 87, were forced to flee their home of 63 years in January, when a fire broke out due to an electrical fault.

Since then, they have been living in temporary accommodation as vital repairs are carried out. Ken, a grandad of three, said: “We managed to escape, but everything inside was ruined. We lost everything, more or less. Everything was destroyed, everything including the electricity meter”

Following the fire, Ken and Anne said they received a £7,000 quote from their energy providers, Scottish Power, for excavation works allowing electricity to be reinstalled at their home.

But seven months on, the company has yet to provide electricity to the couple’s home - despite two engineer appointments in June and July.

Ken said: “For the last four months, I have been begging to have the meter put in. They've failed to do it on two occasions now.”