'A
Labour peer was today ordered to make a personal apology to the
House of Lords for filing a false expenses claim.
The subcommittee on Lords' interests said Lord Clarke of Hampstead must make a personal statement in parliament after he admitted claiming overnight allowances for staying in London when he had actually been at his home in St Albans.
The admission last May, which followed
a Sunday Times investigation into his affairs, prompted a police inquiry.
The Crown Prosecution Service concluded in February that it had "insufficient evidence" to bring charges against him.'
Labour's Lord Clarke ordered to apologise over false expenses claim | Politics | guardian.co.uk
Sadly even an admission of guilt isn't deemed sufficent evidence to bring about a prosecution.
Apparently he cried when he was forced to apologise to his fellow peers, but since he choose to do it on the day the General Election was called, it mainly went unreported.