I'm not involved in this and have no real opinions of the rights or wrongs from either side. It's just something I heard a friend's son talking about and wondered about the legal aspect of it.
The friend's son is under 18.
He wanted to get in to a nightclub with a strict Over 18s Only policy.
He borrowed his older brother's driving licence to use as proof of age.
The doorman was suspicious, so body searched him and found the boy's own licence in his pocket.
The doorman handed the boy's own licence back and kept his brother's licence before chucking him out.
The boy ended up giving his brother £20 to get a replacement licence.
If the doorman has evidence of a crime, or attempted crime, such as under age drinking, obtaining goods or services by deception, identity theft or theft of a driving licence, and has the suspects name and driving licence number, shouldn't he immediately contact the police and hand over the confiscated licence ?
Sending the suspect on his way while keeping what could well be stolen property doesn't sound like the right way to go about it to me.
