I'd say the DPP is star struck.
The regulators and supervisory bodies I've had the job of dealing with have always gone for the big scalps. It gets them a grandstanding opportunity (when it doesn't go wrong) and sends a message to the hoi polloi about whatever it is.
I doubt if the police find it easy to apply the same criteria to every case either. There's a different level and kind if scrutiny for the rich, famous or powerful and always will be, whether it leads to harsher or more lenient treatment depends on who's doing the scrutinising.
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