Grantham Magistrates Court handed down a Community Punishment Order of 60 hours unpaid work to a former Grantham door supervisor, after he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the SIA.

He was also given prosecution costs of £1,000.

Making false statements to the SIA is an offence under Section 22 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

The 22-year-old from Grantham in Lincolnshire had previously been convicted of working as an unlicensed door supervisor in August 2008.

He then knowingly made false statements in an appeal against the SIA’s refusal of his door supervisor licence application which was made in September last year.

An SIA head of investigation commented: “This prosecution proves that our licensing system is robust in checking information given on licence applications. In this case, we could see Barratt’s previous conviction.”

They added: “Furthermore, it highlights how seriously we view deliberately providing false statements in attempting to obtain an SIA licence.”

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