Couple who visited Asda twice in one day slapped with £70 parking fine after store accused them of staying there 14 hours straight
Baffled mum Sarah Walton hit out at ASDA after its high-tech camera system thought she'd been there for 14 hours after a 40-minute shop
A COUPLE have been hit with a £70 parking ticket – for visiting an Asda car park twice in one day.
Baffled mum Sarah Walton hit out at the "incomprehensible" fine after bungling inspectors assumed she'd clocked in for a 14-hour stay at the store in Grimsby.
In fact, her car was there twice that day - once briefly in the morning, and then again later at night.
Husband Dennis had briefly stopped there to use the cash machine on the way to work in December - before she returned that evening for the weekly shop with her daughter.
Sarah thinks Asda's hi-tech camera system didn't pick up Dennis leaving, and assumed the car spent 14 hours there when she drove out later.
She said: "I think that this is a massive joke, who would possibly want to leave their car in Asda car park for 14 hours.
"Even if you were using it as somewhere to park while you were at work somewhere nearby, you aren't going to be there for 14 hours it is ridiculous.
"My husband has the information that shows when he clocked into work and when he clocked out, so we are able to prove that he has not left the car there for that length of time.
"I just would have thought it would have clocked onto someone that this must be a mistake."
The error comes just weeks after a hairdresser was fined £50 when a malfunctioning camera system fined him £50 for overstaying when didn't even park because of heavy traffic.
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Asda have since spoken to Sarah and apologised for the error.
A spokesman said: "We would like to apologise to Ms Walton for the mistake made by our parking operator and we are pleased that the fine has been cancelled."
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