News about Jon Walker

Smart energy meters allow utility firms to 'overcharge' more than £50 a year on top of the gas and electricity you use, we can reveal. There are 34.8 million smart meters installed in the UK, with users unaware that industry regulation cites meters as having a 'tolerance level of between +3 per cent  and -3.5 per cent of actual usage'.

Parole viewers have taken to Twitter to express sympathy for one of the prisoners who appeared on last night's episode of the BBC2 docuseries. Jon Walker, who was sentenced to life in prison for three armed robbery in 2001, appeared before the parole board, demanding that he be released. The 45-year-old has lived the majority of his adult life behind bars, spoke about his childhood, mental health problems, and future plans. Given Walker's violent past, many viewers sympathized with him, with one saying that the prisoner had been dealt with 'a c*** hand' (pictured: Jon Walker, inset, Jon Walker's 2001 mugshot).