A BOGUS gas meter engineer tried to force his way into a house on Tolladine Road, Worcester.

A female babysitter who was in the house and who answered the door at 8.45am on Sunday pushed him away.

The man, who said he had come to check the meter, ran off down Tolladine Road in the direction of the city centre.

The woman was shakenbut was unhurt.

Phone police on 08547 444 888, quoting 288S/160706.