EASTENDERS star Danny Dyer was left mortified after accidentally stealing more than £100 worth of petrol.
The Mick Carter actor, 44, was left in shock when he got a letter saying he’s driven off without paying.
Refusing to believe he’d done anything wrong, he called in the police, rung the fraud squad – and even marched round to the petrol station.
However, he was later told he’d paid for his shopping – including a microwave spaghetti bolognese and some cigarettes – but not the fuel.
Speaking on the Sorted With The Dyers podcast he records with daughter Dani, he said he got a letter from a firm threatening to take cart away his belongings if he didn’t pay.
He explained: “I received a letter in the post and it was from a bailiff company saying they were going to come round and start taking things from my house because I haven’t paid my petrol bill.
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“I thought: ‘Oh hold on a minute what do you mean?’ Apparently I drove onto a petrol forecourt and I filled my car up and then said I haven’t got the money to pay for it.”
Dismissing the idea, he added: “I’m lucky, I’ve got readies – there’s no way in the world I would do that.”
Scared someone was pretending to be him, he called the firm that sent the letter as well as the fraud investigation squad – before going over to the petrol station in person.
He went on: “I took the letter – queued up in the petrol garage. Interestingly, the Old Bill walked in. There was a copper in there.
“I said: ‘I’m glad you’re here because someone’s been pretending to be me and I want to find out what’s going on.’”
Danny added: “I went up and said where’s the manager: ‘What the f**king hell is this, listen I come in here often, I can’t believe you’re accusing me of not paying my petrol.’
“She said: ‘One second’ and went to the back. I was standing there f**king fuming.
“She comes out with pictures of me filling up my car on the exact date. She then pulled out a receipt and showed me everything I’d bought that day other than the petrol. It was me ladies and gentlemen.”
He said the man at the checkout – a fan of the actor – didn’t ask if he had any fuel to buy that day.
Danny explained: “What happened is there’s a cashier in there, who’s a bit of a fan of mine.
“That day I bought myself a spaghetti bolognese to microwave at work, some fizzy sweets and a chocolate orange roll. I had a little shopping bad with me.
“He’s forgot to ask me if I’d bought petrol – so I drive off with paying £109 to fill up my car.”
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He went on: “Now I didn’t sign this declaration form because I didn’t have to – but when they send it to the bailiffs they treat it in that way that I promised to pay.
“They know who I am and I go in there often. They’re not saying I’m a wrong’un. They’re saying he’ll probably be back.”
He added: “I paid for it, I cleared it all up. I walked out of that f***ing petrol garage with my tail between my legs clutching that letter.
“I don’t think I’ll be going back which is a shame as it’s a good petrol garage.”