Suspect in 'Putney Pusher' Case Found Dead
Nicholas Brandram, a 44-year-old HSBC director who was a suspect in the 2017 'Putney pusher' incident, has been found dead at his home in west London. Emergency services discovered him unresponsive on Tuesday evening.
First reported 18 hours ago · latest update 15 hours ago
While in police custody in June over the Putney Bridge incident, Brandram was also arrested on suspicion of drug possession.
Shortly after the incident in 2017, investigating officer Sgt Mat Knowles said: "It was only due to the superb quick reactions of the bus driver that she was not hit by the vehicle."
Bus driver Oliver Salbris told the Sunday Times following the incident: "If I hadn't swerved, I would have smashed her head.
"It was reflex. The consequences would have been terrible for her – and for me."
Detectives identified more than 50 people of interest following the incident.
The Met had initially closed its investigation in 2018 after three men had been arrested and released without charge.
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'Putney pusher' suspect found dead at home
Nicholas Brandram was a suspect in the incident where a woman was shoved into the path of a bus nine years ago.
18 hours agoSuspect in ‘Putney pusher’ case found dead at his west London home
HSBC director Nicholas Brandram, 44, was found unresponsive by emergency services on Tuesday evening A senior city banker suspected of pushing a woman into the path of a moving bus in the “Putney pusher” case has been found dead.Nicholas Brandram, 44, was discovered at his home in Chiswick, west London, on Tuesday. Continue reading...
15 hours ago · Vikram Dodd, police and crime correspondent