A SECURITY boss and employee have been convicted for licensing breaches after an incident took place at a Wirral venue.

Two men working in security in Merseyside who breached Security Industry Authority (SIA) regulations have been handed community orders.

Liverpool Magistrates’ Court convicted Sean Dunn, director of SD Security Recruitment Ltd, of breaking licensing conditions and failing to respond to a request for information from the security regulator.

His employee, Scott Heyes, was convicted after engaging in licensable conduct without a licence. 

The case stemmed from an incident on December 23 2023, when Dunn, 35, of Grenfell Road, Liverpool provided staff for an event at Onyx Function Suite in Heswall.

During an altercation at the event, Heyes, 24, of Greyhound Farm Road, Liverpool intervened and ejected those involved. 

Heyes was employed as a steward and had not been trained on physical intervention and how to responsibly ensure the safety of himself and others.

These actions are classified as licensable conduct for which he was not licensed. Merseyside Police informed the SIA who launched an investigation. 

Liverpool Magistrates’ Court sentenced Heyes on October 2 where he received a 12-month community order, 200 hours of unpaid work and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

He must pay £114 victim surcharge and prosecution costs of £600.

The court sentenced Dunn on November 7 to a community order for a period of six weeks with an electronic monitored curfew requirement.

This requires him to remain indoors between 8pm and 7am. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and prosecution costs of £500.

His SIA door supervisor licence has now been revoked.

Mark Chapman, Criminal Investigations Manager at the SIA said: “Properly licensed door supervisors acting in accordance with their training are equipped to deal with and de-escalate potentially volatile situations and keep the public safe.

“When unlicensed individuals engage in activities like this, including ejecting people from a venue, they put themselves and others in danger. 

“We rightly expect everyone in the private security industry, including security company directors, to ensure that all operatives adhere to these rules.

“As these linked prosecutions demonstrate, the SIA will continue to take robust action to enforce our regulations and to protect the public.

“This includes prosecuting a failure to provide relevant information when we lawfully request it under our powers.”