Door supervisor who gave his SIA licence to a family member is given 32 weeks suspended sentence
Muyiwa John Adegbola pleaded guilty to fraud for allowing his brother-in-law to use his Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence.
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On Monday 11 January 2021 Muyiwa John Adegbola, a door supervisor based in Manchester, pleaded guilty to fraud for allowing his brother-in-law to use his Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. He was sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 32 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. The SIA also prosecuted Adegbola for failing to provide information as part of its investigation.
On 7 June 2019, when SIA investigators were carrying out licensing checks with Cheshire Constabulary, they visited the Revolution Bar in Wilmslow and found a door supervisor who had an SIA licence bearing the name M Adegbola. However, when he was asked to confirm his address as part of the checks, he was unsure of those details. When questioned
Fines handed to Bradford security businessmen for infringement of the Private Security Industry Act
On Tuesday, 22 December 2020 four door supervisors - who were all former company directors - were prosecuted at Bradford Magistrates Court.
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18 January 2021
They were charged with failing to supply information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA) despite repeated requests; this is a breach of the Private Security Industry Act (PSIA) 2001.
Three security company directors - Basit Sultan, Muhammad Aslam and Usman Raees - failed to appear at Bradford Magistrates’ Court on the appointed date. They were each fined £660 in their absence and required to pay costs of £300 and a victim surcharge of £66.
Gloucestershire door supervisor fined for working with suspended licence
A door supervisor whose licence was suspended has been fined after being repeatedly found by the police working illegally in Cirencester.
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23 December 2020
Stephen Stuckle, 50, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on 15 December. The court imposed a fine of £250, plus costs of £300 and a victim surcharge of £32.
Stuckle had failed to notify the Security Industry Authority (SIA) that he had been cautioned by the police for domestic assault in 2019. He also neglected to tell the security regulator that he had moved house. He was required to do both these things as a condition of his licence. As a result, he had his Door Supervisor licence suspended in December 2019.
An end of year message to the private security industry
A message from Michelle Russell, our Acting Chief Executive
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21 December 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, I want to send a message on behalf of the whole of the SIA to the 367,000 licence holders and the businesses that employ them. The security industry has every reason to be proud of the way it has responded in this, the most extraordinary of years.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on you individually, as an industry, those businesses you work with and for, as well as the public you protect. You rose to those challenges and the uncertainties the pandemic and 2020 brought.