Pensioner Maurice Stribling is considering bringing an injunction against Transport for London after receiving another congestion charge penalty despite never driving to the capital.

Mr Stribling, of Furlong Gardens, Trowbridge, said this week he would seriously consider legal action against TfL unless it found some way to stop the deluge.

West Wiltshire MP Dr Andrew Murrison took up the case for the 73-year-old, writing directly to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens.

But just when it seemed the spate of charge notices had ended, with the last one dropping through Mr Stribling's door in November, it sparked up again.

This time the pensioner is accused of driving his Y-reg Renault Clio through Huntley Street on March 26, without paying the compulsory charge, when in fact he was shopping with his wife in Bath.

Dr Murrison wrote to the commissioner in November requesting details on the extent of incorrect billing and the resulting investigations into car thefts and cloned number plates.

Ken Livingstone's office responded by putting the mistakes down to "erroneous checks" by employees of Capita, which runs the congestion charge scheme for TfL.

Mr Stribling said he is spending a fortune in postage and packing in responding to each false ticket.

"Why is there no flag on my number plate so when it comes up they can see the problems I have had," he said.

"I am worried I am going to get another spate and it's causing me a lot of stress.

"I believe Sir John Stevens should look into this himself.

"Something criminal is definitely happening.

"If it does persist I will take legal advice and see if some sort of court injunction can be served.

"It is clear the people running the manual checking system should be more alert. There must be someone in the system with common sense."

Mr Stribling is planning to meet with Dr Murrison later this month to thrash out a solution to the problem.

A TfL spokesman said there was only a "fair to even" chance criminals who clone number plates would be caught, but warned anyone receiving wrong tickets not to ignore them.

When a car enters London's congestion charge zone one of 300 cameras captures the vehicle's image and stores it on film. The vehicle's registration plate is recorded using automated recognition equipment, and checked against the list of drivers who have already paid.

TfL service provider, Capita, manually checks all images before penalty notices are issued.