A BBC security manager has won more than £30,000 in a payout after he was sacked for allegedly trawling through 12 hours of CCTV footage to catch a member of staff who made a mess in the kitchen.

Mohammad Rakib worked at BBC Wales headquarters in Cardiff on behalf of security contractor Mitie.

He was removed from his post after an investigation found he did not have a license to review CCTV footage.

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Mr Rakib has now been awarded a payout of £31,637 after an employment tribunal found he had been unfairly dismissed.

He worked as a security manager for Mitie from April 2022 until his dismissal on September 25, 2023.

In his role, he managed a team of around five security officers at the BBC building.

Mr Rakib was alleged to have breached data protection rules in May 2023 by studying CCTV footage in a control room without the necessary licence.

According to Martyn Barrass, who was investigating the case for Mitie, the security manager gave several reasons for looking at the footage, including that a bag had been misplaced and at another point that he could not remember.

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During the investigation meeting, Mr Rakib said: “I don’t know why. I don’t really do CCTV reviews that often, but there was a reason why I was doing it.”

Mr Barrass referred to a statement taken from a security officer who alleged Mr Rakib said he had been reviewing 12 hours of footage to “catch who had made a mess in the kitchen”.

Mr Rakib however denied the allegation.

Mitie made the BBC aware of the matter to which the broadcaster’s corporate security manager, Joel Adlington, said the use of CCTV systems was “superfluous” and described it as “unacceptable”.

“I must put on record that it is a significant breach of trust between the staff member and the organisation and you have my full support in your assessment of gross misconduct,” Mr Adlington said.

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