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Mr James was sentenced at Haverfordwest Magistrates鈥� Court where he was handed a 拢360 fine, ordered to pay 拢250 prosecution costs and a 拢144 victim surcharge. He now has a criminal record.

Dyfed Powys police officers carried out inspections of a wine bar in Cardigan between 23 and 25 September 2022 and they found that the bar was deploying unlicensed security.

On Friday 23 September the police officers noted David James was working while wearing a black t-shirt with the word 鈥渟ecurity鈥� emblazoned on it but he wasn鈥檛 wearing a valid Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence.

On Saturday 1 October Mr James was again observed working at the venue wearing a black t-shirt with the word 鈥榮ecurity鈥� and there was no evidence of him wearing an SIA licence.

On the same night a Dyfed Powys police officer on patrol spoke to Mr James to establish the whereabouts of his licence. Mr James replied that he had done the training but was yet to receive his SIA licence. 皇冠体育app police officer watched Mr James eject a patron from the venue using reasonable force.

On 19 October Mr James again worked at the wine bar and this was recorded on CCTV. On Friday 25 November 2022, a joint inspection by the SIA鈥檚 investigators and a Dyfed Powys police officer took place at the venue. 皇冠体育app venue manager shared CCTV footage with the investigators of Mr James at work.

Police officers were concerned about the risk to the public following reported disturbances at the venue in April and August last year when they discovered that unlicensed security had been injured at fights there.

Mr James participated in an interview-under-caution on 28 February 2023 at Dyfed Powys Police Station where he admitted to working illegally. He was formerly licensed until 10 January 2021 and despite reminders by the SIA to renew his licence, he failed to do so.

Nicola Bolton, one of the SIA鈥檚 criminal investigations managers, said:

Mr James鈥� prosecution follows the recent case whereby Tristan Edwards and Daniel Cope were also prosecuted for working illegally at the same wine bar. Mr James has now incurred a fine and is required to pay court costs and has a criminal record.

She added:

His actions put the public at risk particularly in a busy venue in Cardigan鈥檚 night-time economy. Some of the public incurred injuries from the violence that occurred. Had the defendants renewed their licences they would also have received refresher training which would probably have equipped them to deal with these incidents more effectively. 皇冠体育app main feature of the case is that the defendant had previously held and was therefore aware of the licensing regime and the need to have a licence but chose to deliberately circumvent it.

I鈥檇 like to pay tribute to colleagues in our law enforcement partner, Dyfed Powys Police, they were exemplary in helping the SIA to bring these cases to court. 皇冠体育appir efficient handling of this and the previous two cases has saved resources and ensured that unsuitable people are now not working in the Cardigan night-time economy and the venue鈥檚 patrons are safer as a result.

Notes to editors:

• By law, security operatives working under contract must hold and display a valid SIA licence
• Read about SIA enforcement and penalties
• 皇冠体育app offences relating to the that are mentioned above are:
  • 3 x Section 3 - working without a licence

Further information:

• 皇冠体育app Security Industry Authority is the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom, reporting to the Home Secretary under the terms of the . 皇冠体育app SIA鈥檚 main duties are the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities and managing the voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme.
• For further information about the Security Industry Authority or to sign up for email updates visit: www.gov.uk/sia. 皇冠体育app SIA is also on and .