AN outraged son has slammed TV Licensing bosses for sending a threatening letter to his mum's home - a year after she died aged 105.

It's the second time a notice has been sent to the house which belonged to the late Margaret Doherty, warning her to pay up or expect a visit from enforcement officers.

Her son Michael had slammed the agency previously when his mum was sent the same letter at the age of 104.

She died three months later but TV Licensing are still demanding payment.

The latest letter, sent to her former home in Gourock's Shore Street warned that she could end up with criminal conviction or a £1,000 fine.

TV Licensing have now apologised once again to Mr Doherty and vowed to stop sending correspondence.

Michael, 79, who lives in Regent Court, said: "I can't believe they sent the letter the first time when my mum was living in the Alt-Na-Craig home.

"But now they have sent it again and she died a year ago.

"My mum never had a debt in her life.

"She paid all her bills in time.

"It is a disgrace and I want a written apology."

Great-great-great gran Margaret died on January 24 in 2018 just eight days after her 105th birthday.

The letter addressed to her this month states there is no TV licence at the property.

The official notice warned that if one was not paid for then an 'enforcement division' would pay a visit.

The letter warned that the OAP would be interviewed under caution and that this could lead to a prosecution.

It went on to state that the maximum penalty would be a criminal conviction, a £1,000 fine and legal costs.

Devoted Michael visited his mum every day in Alt-Na-Craig, where she lived for three years.

Up until then she had lived in her own home in Shore Street, which is empty but still belongs to the family.

Michael today paid a moving tribute to his beloved mum.

He said: "We still miss her.

"She was so full of life and humour.

"She always had her wits about her.

"My mum worked all her days."

Margaret was born on January 16 in 1913, a year before the outbreak of the First World War.

She grew up in Ann Street.

A rope worker, she met her husband, from Culdaff in County Donegal, when he moved to Greenock.

They were married after Michael returned from serving in the Second World War and they spent 51 happy years together before he passed away 27 years ago.

The couple raised a family of three, first in Ann Street and then Faulds Farm, where Michael worked as a labourer.

Margaret is survived by Michael, who is 75, and daughter Evelyn, 70, who lives in Slough.

Her eldest daughter Veronica died aged 68, in her 100th year.

Margaret had nine grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and four great, great, grandchildren.

She worked in the Gourock Library as a cleaner and used to walk to the pierhead from the farm.

A spokeswoman for TV Licensing told the Telegraph: “We’re sorry for any concern our letters to Mr Doherty’s property have caused him.

"When we’re notified about vacant properties we stop sending letters for a period of time, but this can only be temporary as we have a duty to collect the licence fee and circumstances may change at the address, such as new occupants moving in.

"We’ve put a stop on mailings at the address for the time being, and will be contacting Mr Doherty to apologise.”