A driver who was prepared to pay thousands in legal fees to fight a £100 parking fine has had the charge cancelled.

Lawrence Carnie received the charge for parking in the Tower Retail Park in Crayford in June last year for 23-hours according to parking company Group Nexus.

But the 58-year old from Kenwyn Road, Dartford, said he in fact visited for less than an hour on two consecutive days.

He appealed the fine with independent adjudicator Parking On Private Land Appeals (POPLA) but was rejected.

He then contacted the British Parking Association (BPA), who Group Nexus are represented by, which came to the same conclusion.

But now, Mr Carnie has had his fine cancelled as a "gesture of good will", according to the MailOnline.

After hearing this, Mr Carnie told the news website: "There's no good will here and I believe they're cancelling the charge because they know the data is wrong.

"If they are doing it on good will are they saying that they believe my car was there?

"I am not just fighting my ticket, I am questioning their whole operation."

The former bank manager visited the Currys store on site to look at new televisions and says he was only there for 30 minutes. He then visited again the next day, this time staying for an hour.

But according to parking company Group Nexus, Mr Carnie stayed overnight in the car park, exceeding the three hour limit.

When Mr Carnie appealed, the company provided a 356-page document highlighting all vehicles going in and out of the car park between his initial entry and final exit.

He looked through the document and listed every entry into a spreadsheet. He claims he found a myriad of anomalies within the data.

The car park is monitored by an ANPR system which takes a photo of your car upon entry and exit.

According to the file, 135 visitors were seen either arriving or leaving twice, 799 cars spotted either entering or leaving once and one car was recorded to have left three times without entering.

Some of these anomalies have been explained as the data only shows cars going in and out between Mr Carnie’s first and last entry - cars could have entered the car park before him or left after.

But the former banker says he found 28 "impossible scenarios" of cars visiting or leaving the car park twice.

He previously told KentOnline: "I know they have lost two of my photos which I know I can't prove in isolation but there are so many entries that can't be explained or have not been explained.

"They are using this poor data to give out fines. There are people out there who can't afford the fine let alone the legal process for it and so to be giving out fines on this data is wrong.

"There are some entries which begin as 1322 which is essentially the area code for Dartford.

"I think the ANPR system could be scanning numbers off the sides of vans from local businesses."