Conservative trougher

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk MP David Curry to repay £28,000 after expenses breach Mr Curry is one of many MPs to have been investigated Conservative MP David Curry has been told to repay £28,000 and apologise to Parliament after a "serious breach" of the rules on second home expenses. The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee found the MP claimed £38,000 for his second home in Yorkshire despite staying there "very rarely". Last year the MP and former minister stood down as chairman of the Standards Committee, which polices MPs' behaviour, after newspaper reports about his expenses.

Why is he not prosecuted for fraud or straight forward theft from the Public Purse? Is it because he once - so recently -led the committee which now rules on his behaviour?