Incorrect parking fine, where do I stand

[Pinkmagic1]

I received a parking fine today saying I overstayed the time allowed in a Tesco car park. Apparantly I entered the car park at 8.05am and exited at 8.45pm! I visited the shop in the morning and left after around 10 minutes to take my daughter to school. It is not outside possibility that I popped in later that day but I can not recall doing so. The shop is literally a minutes drive from my house, so I would have absolutely no need to park there all day!
I plan to appeal, but how do I prove I wasn't there? They have a clear photo of me entering the car park in the morning, and and extremely blurry and indistinguishable one of me supposedly leaving in the evening. There is also a close up of my number plate.
I am getting really stressed about this as I really don't want to cough up for something I haven't done. Has anyone got any advice please?

This is a classic what is known as "double dipping". ANPR cameras record entry. Car leaves and at some point returns later and only the second exit is recorded. Parking companies do not bother to check as they reply on people giving in and paying.

You can get free help from the FB page (private parking tickets - help and support). Post up the notice redacted so your details are not shown and DO NOT Admit to driving in the post as parking companies monitor it. You will probably be advised to appeal via POPLA if the company is a member but always refer to the driver as third person.

The reality is these parking companies are just utter sharks. Riddled with corrupt practice and the govt has been forced to impose a mandatory code of practice which if they don't abide by they won't get access to the DVLA a database.

Good luck and don't give in and pay it. What you mustn't do is ignore any "Letter before Claim"

Do not pay for advice...this group give it for free and include Barry Beavjs" who set the stated case in the Supreme Court

I would contact them and state the facts as you've noted in your post, but don't say you think you might have gone twice in one day, stress that you have no reason to park there for hours given how close you live, tell them they're welcome to check that on Google Maps.

I had something similar a few years ago, had gone to a retail park twice in one day. I told the parking company that they needed to check their cameras again, that I could provide CCTV from my work's car park to prove I had in fact been there most of the day, and for those reasons I would not be paying them a penny.
I never heard from them again.

Check your bank statement for any transactions on that date and at those times.

Go into the management company nd get them to cancel, but otherwise wait until you get a notice to keeper, look at Martin Lewis as there’s loads of info there and as MarieG says lots of info on FB

First port of call would be the manager of the Tesco store, to see if they can get it cancelled for you. If they agree, get it in writing/email. If not, the FB group that @MarieG10 mentioned is great.

I got a parking ticket from Tesco and popped back in to speak to customer services. The manager contacted them and got it cancelled.

Can you pull up your phone history showing where you travelled that day? I am on Android and I can go back to a specific day through the saved and then timeline option. It can distinguish between walking and driving.