Millionaire Ovo energy boss has £1,200 woodburning stove in his £3.2m home

The founder of the energy firm who told customers to do star jumps and cuddle their pets for warmth has had a polluting woodburner fitted in his £3.2million mansion. Ovo Energy boss Stephen Fitzpatrick, 45, had to get permission for the posh £1,199 Anevay Tana stove at his Gloucestershire home. Ovo Energy boss Stephen Fitzpatrick, 45, had woodburning stove fitted in his mansion The charming Cotswold Manor owned by the founder of OVO Energy Stephen Fitzpatrick The cooker had to be given permission by his local council in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire Trendy wood burners TRIPLE the level of harmful pollution particles inside homes Wood burners are a danger to children and elderly people and should be sold with a health warning, a study finds. Mr Fitzpatrick was in hot water last month after Ovo's sister firm SSE Energy gave embarrassing and insulting advice to customers trying to save money on fuel bills. Founder of OVO Energy Stephen Fitzpatrick seen outside BBC late last year after an interview Ovo energy had been criticised over advice to keep warm that included cuddling pets Stephen Fitzpatrick: The £675m 'Robin Hood' ex-City trader who was born to a Belfast grocer and founded firm with his childhood sweetheart Mr Fitzpatrick, who was dubbed a disruptor to the UK energy market when he founded Ovo in 2009, which has made him one of the nation's richest people.