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Widower, 89, sent 53 ‘threatening’ letters over TV licence fee despite BBC ‘amnesty’

Widower, 89, sent 53 ‘threatening’ letters over TV licence fee despite BBC ‘amnesty’

Since the BBC ended universal free TV licences for over-75s in 2020, it has sent repeated letters to older pensioners despite not following through with prosecutions

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