A FURIOUS mum was unable to take her kids to school after thieves pierced her petrol tank and drained the fuel from her car.

       Anita Forster, 41, was left without fuel after the thugs targeted her car, which was sitting outside her home in Swanscombe, Kent.

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       Anita Forster, 41, was left without a car after the thugs stole her petrol Credit: Anita Forster

       The mum-of-four was unable to get her children - Jack, 13, Bethany, 11, Scott, nine and her three-year-old – to their different schools and nurseries in Dartford yesterday.

       She told KentOnline: "Someone has pierced my fuel tank to steal my fuel.

       "I have no vehicle and one of the children can't get to school."

       Anita was told by neighbours "three hooded and masked youths" were spotted hanging around the block of flats with a jerry can around 11.40pm on Saturday night.

       But they allegedly became "spooked" and fled the scene.

       Police say inquiries into the theft are ongoing.

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       The mum said that she's been quoted ￡300 for the repairs on her car- but that she won't be able to afford it.

       She added: "I'm being quoted ￡300 for repairs. I'm a single mum with four kids. I can't afford that.

       "It has really affected me. That car is my lifeline I rely on it to get my kids to school and to go food shopping.

       "I can walk to the shops if I need bits but I need a proper food shop. It is just wrong."

       Anita said that her brother offered her his car in the meantime - but with the petrol crisis, they are unable to fill it up with fuel.

       Meanwhile, soldiers WILL drive fuel trucks to ease the petrol chaos as the Army is sent in - but Boris Johnson has vowed the situation is improving.

       Some 150 military drivers will be available to transport fuel around the country, it was confirmed tonight.

       The Ministry of Defence approved the request for assistance and soldiers will start driving fuel lorries this week, Sky News reports.

       The new development will see soldiers driving HGVs after the PM was urged to "act now" as thousands of Brits panic buy at petrol stations across the country.

       Fights have broken out on forecourts and more than half of stations across the country have run out of fuel.

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       Thugs pierced a hole in the mum's fuel tank 3

       The fuel attack is said to have happened outside her home during the night

       The PM told Brits to go about their business as usual - and rejected pleas for NHS and key workers to get priority to the petrol pumps.

       Panic-buying Brits queued through the night for petrol as the PM faces mounting pressure to send in the army now to ease the spiralling fuel crisis.

       He said in a telly clip this evening he understood the worries of the nation who have been unable to get their hands on much-needed fuel to get to work or see loved ones.

       Desperate motorists reported long lines of cars at service stations across the country throughout the evening and into the early hours of the morning.

       The PM slapped down suggestions that key workers should be allowed to jump the queue to fill up, saying: "the best thing for everybody is that we stabilise it in the normal way".

       He resisted calls to expand the HGV licences for longer, saying it would help wages rise and stop cheap labour flooding into the country.

       "I don't think people in this country want to fix all our problems with uncontrolled immigration, again.

       "We tried that for a long time, 20 years... people could see that it was leading to a low wage, low skill approach without enough investment in people.

       "That's not the way we want the UK to develop and grow."

       NHS and key workers should NOT be able to skip the queue to get fuel, PM says

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