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British Gas has apologised after sending a rape victim's new address to her former home - where her attacker still lived.

The company inadvertently sent the details in a gas bill to the property, where the woman's ex-partner lived. She left him following years of abuse.

The thug then turned up at the woman's new address - where she lives with her 12-year-old daughter - before repeatedly punching and kicking her.

He also made threats to kill the woman if she reported the attack to police, The Sun reports.

A British Gas spokesman said: “We have apologised unreservedly for the mistake we made in sending correspondence to the wrong address. We put this right as soon as we became aware of it and have been doing everything we can to help the customer.”

Essex Police are investigating reports of an attack. The rape allegations were not pursued last year due to a lack of witnesses.