A man of Indian origin was prosecuted and fined after he was found working illegally as a s security superviser at UK pub on an expired license.
Vikramjit Sharma, resident of Worcester in the West Midlands region of England was caught working illegally in routine inspection by UK’s Security Industry Authority (SIA) and West Mercia Police in November last year.
Worcester Magistrates’ Court sentenced him GBP 250 fine and victim surcharge of GBP 100 earlier this month. The Security Industry Authority is the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK, reporting to the Home Secretary. He was to appear in court on June 23 but failed to do so, therefore he was finally prosecuted in his absence on August 11.
The further investigation in the matter revealed that his licence was revoked by the SIA in September 2022 after which he was did not have any right to work as an employee in United Kingdom.
“The SIA licensing regime is there to protect the public. SIA licence holders must be ‘fit and proper’ people to protect the public,” said Mark Chapman, one of the SIA’s Criminal Investigations Managers.
“Sharma’s licence had been revoked. A simple online test by employers can check on our register of licence holders to assess whether a licence holder is legitimate and remains active. He is now unable to work in private security and has a criminal record,” he said.
Sharma was informed n number of times about his licence being revoked and was given 21 days time to appeal the decision. He even ordered to return the license to the authority.
As per SIA, Sharma told the investigators of he wasn’t aware of the fact that his licence has been revoked. However, but the evidence showed the accessed his online account repeatedly during the period and SIA investigators took Sharma’s licence off him.
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