Community order for security firm boss
The ex-director of a Peterborough security firm has been given an 18-month community punishment order and ordered to pay £20,000 in costs for employing unlicensed security staff.
Paul John O'Mahony, who had acted as a director for Central Security (East Anglia) pleaded guilty to 33 offences of supplying or employing unlicensed security guards between November 2007 and February 2008.
Central Security had 43 employees — 36 of whom did not hold a Secuirty Industry Authority (SIA) licence at the time.
The premises they worked at included Cambridge City Council and Peterborough City Council.
O'Mahony will have to undertake 220 hours of unpaid work.
Nigel Davies, an SIA head of investigation said: "This is an excellent result, and shows how seriously the courts take such offences. We hope this sends a clear and strong message to security companies that breaches of the Act will not be tolerated.
"We urge buyers of security services to check the Register of Licence Holders on our website to ensure the security operatives they use are fully compliant with the law."
