Bournemouth man used pretend license to offer unlawful safety

He pleaded responsible at Poole Magistrates’ Court docket on June 17, 2022 to offering and offering illegal safety at varied areas in Bournemouth. The courtroom fined him £500 and ordered him to pay courtroom prices of £1,500 and a sufferer wonderful surcharge of £50.

The case was introduced by the Safety Trade Authority (SIA) following an investigation by its prison investigation staff. Dorset Police have offered intelligence to the SIA {that a} gate supervisor named Ben Allen – also called Ben Head – was working with no legitimate SIA licence.

A witness assertion, signing data and incident stories for venues confirmed entries for Ben Allen as gate supervisor on a number of events. Additionally they revealed that he labored for an organization known as Bency Bouncers Ltd. He used a gate supervisor license quantity ending in the identical digits as a real license held by somebody with an analogous identify.

The SIA contacted the precise license holder, who offered a witness assertion confirming that he had held a gate supervisor license since 2017 and that his final license was renewed in 2020. He acknowledged that he didn’t had by no means labored in or visited Bournemouth, and that the entries within the registration books and incident logs on the venues weren’t made by him.

Throughout a bail interview in September 2021, Benjamin Head admitted he had labored at varied venues in Bournemouth as a gate supervisor. He maintained that he held a real gatekeeper’s license. He additionally admitted establishing Bency Bouncers Ltd to offer safety personnel to venues within the Bournemouth space.

The SIA investigation revealed that he was working with no correct license and was an unlicensed director of a company offering safety providers to numerous websites.

Nicola Bolton, one of many SIA’s prison investigations officers, stated:

Benjamin Head pleaded responsible to working with no legitimate door attendant’s license and offering safety for his clients when he was not approved to take action. Moreover, he used another person’s license quantity as his personal and knowingly misrepresented the details relating to his unlawful actions. Following the SIA’s investigation, he can not work as a safety guard himself or present safety as an organization director. He was fined and now has a prison file.

Remarks:

• By legislation, safety guards working beneath contract should maintain and show a legitimate SIA license
• Be taught extra about SIA enforcement and penalties
• The offenses referring to the Personal Safety Trade Act (2001) that are talked about above are as follows:
  • Part 3(2)(b) – employees guarding with no legitimate SIA license
  • Part 3(2)(f) – efficiency of designated actions for the needs of a contract for the supply of providers of a physique company with no legitimate SIA license.