A DOORMAN who got work at a Crewe pub by creating a fake ID has been placed under a three-month curfew.

Ronald George Gleave used paper card and Sellotape to make the bogus licence badge when he secured work at the Brunswick public house on Nantwich Road.

Gleave was caught out when the Security Industry Authority, which regulates licensed door supervisors, carried out inspections around Crewe pubs last September and found how he had gone to elaborate lengths to present himself as a licensed doorman.

Prosecuting for the Security Industry Authority, Caroline Hayward, said the regulations Gleave fell foul of were brought in to improve public safety in what had been an unlicensed industry previously.

Gleave, 36, of Cheyney Walk, Brookhouse, Crewe appeared for sentencing at South Cheshire Magistrates' Court which was told that he was "deeply ashamed and embarrassed" by his deception, but was struggling financially at the time and was also trying to help out the pub landlord during a crisis.

The prosecutor said that Gleave was on the door at the Brunswick when SIA inspectors visited and he appeared to be wearing a licence badge. But when it was seized it proved to be a piece of white card sellotaped to an old licence, which he'd held, but expired in 2014.

There were 17 incidents between July and September last year when the defendant used fake ID to undertake work at the Brunswick, entering his name in the signing-in book as 'Ron doorman'.

Gleave pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct that was not licensed by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 between July 9 and September 21 last year. He also admitted possession of an article for use in fraud and making an article for use in fraud between the same dates.

Probation officer Michael Isherwood said that while Gleave showed a degree of planning when committing the offences it was not "particularly sophisticated".

"He previously held a licence and had funding for that through his landlord, but the landlord became ill and couldn't keep up the funding," said the probation officer.

"At the time he was struggling financially as his landscaping work had dried up. His partner is disabled and he is applying to be her carer."

Gleave's solicitor, Stuart Flood, told the court: "He is deeply ashamed and embarrassed having worked legitimately some years ago. He has always had a good work ethic.

"The landlord was looking for someone to help him out as he was in and out of hospital at the time. It was a pretty amateurish attempt over a relatively short period."

Magistrates told Gleave, who was of previous good character, that he would be electronically tagged to stay in his home between the hours of 9.30pm and 8am on weekdays and 7pm to 8am at weekends.

They said there would be no need for a rehabilitation order, but the defendant would have to pay £1,000 as a contribution to court costs as well as a victim surcharge of £90.