Police to investigate council defector Curran for "downloading personal data from Nick Clegg's office"

UPDATE 29/9/10 - 5.30pm

Cllr Curran has released his first official statement since allegations of data theft were made last week.

He said "The Police have confirmed that there is no case to answer. I hope that, as Councillors, we can all now focus on representing our constituents and doing what is best for Sheffield.”

Ben Curran, the Sheffield City Councillor who defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour on Friday, is under investigation by the police, it has emerged.

Council leader Paul Scriven has asked Labour leader Julie Dore to suspend Curran for allegedly downloading personal data about thousands of voters from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's office days before his defection.