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Courts find security director guilty of operating without SIA licence

Bailey was interviewed by the Hampshire Constabulary in February on suspicion of running a security company without a licence. Appearing at Andover Magistrates Court at the end of July, he was found guilty and ordered to pay a GB pound 1,000 fine in addition to GB pound 385 in costs.

LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE HAVE MADE the first arrest in the country as part of a joint crackdown with the Security Industry Authority on unlicensed door staff.

Police officers took part in Operation Davit one Friday evening, checking whether or not door staff had a licence in virtually every licensed premises across the county.

The arrest was made at a pub in Skegness in connection with the supply of unlicensed door staff to licensed premises. The arrested 42-year-old man was subsequently released on police bail pending further enquiries.

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