STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO CASTLE SECURITY COURT CASE

Jim Ferguson, managing director of Castle Security, statement in response to the court case heard at Inverness Sheriff Court on September 24 2014

Jim said: “What’s been shown today is that Castle Security has been a victim of what can only be called a Human Trojan Horse. It is a matter of public record and has been revealed in court, that a former senior operations manager acting alone initiated the actions that brought the company to court today (Wednesday 24 Sept).

“This man, Robert Mason, acted alone and deliberately, subsequently creating this threat to the reputation of Castle Security. Now that we know he had set up an alternative security company the reasons for his damaging actions would appear to be obvious.

“We’re sorry and we accept our responsibility; in order to ensure this never happens again we’ve put in place new procedures.

“We are now about to implement psychometric testing for senior personnel that will give us greater insights into the character and integrity of potential employees.

“We’ve had to deal with this process for three years now and the company is firmly in the hands of our family and we’ve been greatly supported by fantastic staff.

“As ever we take a positive approach to any challenges that we face and we will soon be publishing a short report on our experiences and the potential threat the human Trojan horse poses and will be sharing that report with the SIA. The body of the SIA has acted fully within its remit and we fully support their work. We will be approaching the SIA with a view to sharing our report in order to alert the wider security industry to the threat and solutions that revolve around dealing with a human Trojan horse.”

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