How YOU could find yourself wrongly accused of 'pump and dashing'

Petrol thefts have soared to an all-time high, figures suggest.

MailOnline can reveal that 110,000 charges for alleged 'pump and dash' thefts were issued by two major fuel security firms last year.

This marks a 20-fold rise in just six years.

Industry bigwigs insist there has been genuine increase in drivers fleeing forecourts without paying, or 'bilking', especially in the wake of the cost of living crisis.

Yet drivers say they have been incorrectly stung with threatening letters demanding hefty 'admin fees' on top of their supposedly unpaid petrol or diesel.