Two door supervisors sentenced for breaking security licence rules

Two door supervisors have been sentenced for working without the necessary security licence and breaking the Security Industry Authority’s (SIA) licence conditions.

Scott Greensmith, from Peterborough, was ordered to serve a 12 month community service order to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work, and will have to pay costs of £7,833.

Greensmith, 32, pleaded guilty to working without holding a valid SIA licence, but pleaded not guilty to breaking licence conditions when he failed to return his revoked licence to the SIA.

Greensmith was found working illegally in September 2011 when SIA investigators carried out a series of inspection across the UK. He was found working with a revoked licence at a bar in March, Cambridgeshire.

SIA Head of Investigation Nathan Salmon said: “I hope this sentence will act as a warning to others that in order to work as a door supervisor you must be correctly licensed and adhere to the licence conditions at all times.

“We will be carrying out a series of follow up checks at licensed premises in Cambridgeshire over the next few weeks. The aim is to raise awareness of SIA licence requirements for those working in the night time economy and to remind them, their employers and the venues they work at of their legal responsibilities.”

Meanwhile, an Accrington door supervisor was sentenced to 250 hours of community service after being found guilty of flouting security rules for a second time.

Alan Brownridge was found guilty of working as an unlicensed door supervisor at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 23 May. He had already been prosecuted by the SIA in April 2009 for being an unlicensed director of Accrington-based Universal Security Solutions Limited (USS).

SIA enquires then found that between August and September 2011, Brownridge was working as an unlicensed door supervisor at a venue in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.