He was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £125 costs by Blackpool magistrates.

Victoria Cartmell, prosecuting for Blackpool Council, said the defendant’s licence was revoked in April last year.

The defendant told the officer he was shocked to hear his badge had been revoked.

His lawyer said he had failed to respond to correspondence from the Security Industry Authority (SIA), which issued licences, because letters were sent to his previous address in Cheshire.

On getting no reply the SIA had automatically revoked Nakpoberuo’s door supervisor’s licence.

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The result comes after a lengthy court process concerning offences committed at the time licensing of the manned guarding sector came into force – confirming that the SIA has both the power and intent to prosecute.

The East Grinstead-based company, which provided security staff for high street retailers including Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Harvey Nichols, GAP, Cadbury and OTTO UK, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Friday [19 February] of seven counts of supplying unlicensed security guards. It was found not guilty of two counts. The retailers (who had no part in the offences as the staff were hired under contract) were supportive of the case and a number gave evidence against Sabrewatch in court.

During the six-week hearing, the jury heard that the company supplied hundreds of unlicensed security operatives in the months following 20 March 2006, the date by which all contract security guards had to be licensed. These deployments took place despite clear and frequent warnings by the SIA, and were in contrast to the many other suppliers who took proper steps to ensure that they complied with the law.

Director and 94%shareholder Luke Lucas, 61, of Charters Towers, Felcourt Road, East Grinstead (the company address), was found guilty by a jury of seven counts of supplying unlicensed security operatives. He was found not guilty of two similar counts. The offences took place between 20 March 2006 and 29 May 2006.

Directors George Charalambous, 46, of South Lodge Drive, Oakwood, north London, and Anthony Hutchins, 46, of Stonehaven Drive, Woodley, Berkshire, were both found guilty of seven counts of supplying unlicensed operatives from the date they became directors, 10 April 2006, to 29 May 2006.

A confiscation order of £100k was obtained from the company under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Sabrewatch Limited was also ordered to pay the SIA’s costs of £1 million. The defendants are due to be sentenced on 26 February.

The case was subject to lengthy delays as a result of challenges brought by the defendants. The SIA’s right to prosecute was endorsed by the Court of Appeal after being challenged by Sabrewatch Limited and Luke Lucas. The SIA also won a subsequent challenge that the prosecution was an abuse of process.

SIA chief executive Bill Butler said:

“The SIA is pleased to have secured the convictions in this important and long running case and to have confirmed our right and intent to prosecute those who flout the law.

The vast majority of the security industry made great efforts to ensure that their guards were licensed in time. It is wholly right that this company and its directors have been convicted for offending which was widespread and deliberate.”

Notes to Editors:

* It is an offence under the Private Security Industry Act to deploy unlicensed security operatives. A customer hiring security staff under contract is not responsible for ensuring those staff are licensed – rather it is the duty of the contractor to ensure its staff are licensed before they are deployed.
* The Security Industry Authority regulates the private security industry in the United Kingdom under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, reporting to the Home Secretary. Its main duties are: the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities; managing the voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme approving private security suppliers.

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The firm’s boss, who police claimed is a puppet of Ferris, is to get his licence back after a climbdown by security industry watchdogs.

The fiasco over Proview CCTV Services, who have a £3.9million-a- year turnover, is the latest blow to Strathclyde Police’s high-profile crackdown on rogue security firms.

A police dossier said gangland figure Ferris, 46, controlled Preview and that John Houston, 42, was just his frontman.

The watchdog body, the Security Industry Authority, revoked Houston’s licence but furious police have now been told he will get it back after mounting a legal challenge.

A number of other directors have already overturned bans. Houston, from Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, was due to challenge the SIA at Airdrie Sheriff Court on March 1.

But last week, the SIA’s advisers told Houston’s lawyer Jim Kelly that they were backing down and the licence would be returned.

A former director of Stirling-based Proview, Jim Methven, 40, is a known Ferris associate.

Methven, from Dollar, Clackmannanshire, previously ran the now defunct Frontline Group Security (Scotland) where Ferris claimed to be a “consultant”.

In a letter to the SIA explaining police concerns, Detective Superintendent John McSporran alleged that Ferris controlled Proview, Frontline and a third firm, Starlaw Biometrics.

McSporran, who was behind the campaign to close rogue firms, ‘ said intelligence indicated Ferris i was still involved in crime.

He wrote: “Ferris is a prominent Strathclyde-based criminal who has attempted to present himself as a reformed individual and legitimate businessman.

“However, intelligence indicates that he is still involved in serious and organised crime.

“Intelligence indicates Houston is a close associate of Paul Ferris andhas for many years been documented as being involved with Frontline Security and now Preview as operations manager.

“It appears Preview CCTV Services Ltd are following the lead of other security companies controlled by organised crime groups by placing ‘clean skins’ as a front to the company.”

Mr Kelly, who has won 20 similar cases against the SIA, accused police of a “witch-hunt”.

He said: “The SIA gave Mr Houston a licence knowing about his history but then decided to suspend and revoke it based upon information from the police.

“We called upon them to prove he associates with Paul Ferris and that he’s fronting this company for him but they haven’t done so.

“Mr McSporran has joined forces with the SIA to try to clean up the security industry and rid it of people they claim are involved in serious and organised crime.

“They’ve failed to substantiate any of these claims.”

Ferris, a convicted gun-runner, last night denied being an active criminal and having anything to do with Preview.

said: “My solicitor is waiting for police to air these allegations but the reason they can’t is they’re manufactured documents..

“They’re manufactured because I’m not doing anything… nothing whatsoever.

“I’ve been in John’s house once and that was to get two dogs. I’ve never mixed with John.”

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