Wealthy banker wis arrested in hunt for notorious 'Putney Bridge Pusher'

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Wealthy banker with connections to royalty is arrested in hunt for notorious 'Putney Pusher' | Daily Mail Online

I vividly remember this case which still haunts me and cannot believe it was ten years ago. Finally someone has been arrested who appears to be an ex army wealthy man.

I hope he is charged - so arrogant.

Exactly, so may wives and girlfriends say nothing. Until their man has an affair and they call time on the marriage. Then the gloves are off.

What a crock of shit.

If he is identified before he’s been formally charged..background info shared which might jeopardise the case bc it can prejudice the jury against him etc. there’s other criteria

I remember at the time that it was reported nobody saw this person jogging down the bridge again. There was even speculation whoever he was had left the country to avoid the furore.

If this it the guy, turns out he may have just lied low and carried on living his life in the UK/SW London. If he was living with someone at the time, they may have noticed that he changed his morning habits to stop jogging. They may have suspected. Maybe they went to the police or maybe they did not.

I hope it is someone close to him that dobbed him in because the evidence for conviction would be that much stronger.

My (very considered....😉) theory is that the woman was a spy, the man was a hitman. She kept very quiet about it all and didn't even thank the bus driver because her cover would be blown. The man was protected by his handler and spirited away. He has now done something to annoy his handler/country and is being sacrificed.

Do I get the prize for the female version of a John le Carre novel or what?

Remember Litvinenko, and the Skripals. Few would believe that could happen on British soil either.

To the police though.

His partner and his mates will know who he is from the footage - his appearance, his clothes, his run.

Happened to my brother. He was punched by a random bloke making his way home after a night out, hit his head on pavement. He ended up in hodpital, but was really lucky there was no lasting damage, it could have been a lot worse. Police had CCTV, showed him the footage, he had never seen the bloke before, it showed him just coming from a side alley, punching my brother, then just carrying on like nothing had happened. No words exchanged at all, just 1 punch without a backward glance, he was never found of course. It could have killed my brother, and just walked away, these people are out there.

this is quite an American idea. In England court just expects the jury to make a decision based on the evidence they hear at trial, and put anything they heard before the trial out of their mind.

Always seemed odd he hadn’t been caught, they had good CCTV footage and a number of witnesses.

I am in awe of bus drivers (and many lorry drivers) in London and other cities. I hate driving through busy towns with a small car (too many cameras, bus lanes, yellow boxes) and cyclists running red lights and zebra crossings and pedestrians on their phones with ear plugs.
For this driver to swerve in time was amazing g they must have been so alert and on the ball
Doesn't surprise me that the alleged culprit was wealthy and has the means to escape arrest. Has similarities to the tragic case of the little girls hit by the car in the school grounds who had influence and the motorcyclist near the American air force base

Thanks for the patronising but in 2017 I was working as a civilian police investigator, for years combing CCTV was literally MY bread and butter. Even if I hadn't been, I don't think anyone with half a brain cell would think CCTV has only come into existence in the last 8 years (and ironically it was also "very much a thing" in 1996 as well, and much earlier!)

What I meant was, any relevant CCTV would have been gathered and reviewed at the time, and any that wasn't would have long been overwritten. It's highly unlikely that someone would randomly 'find' CCTV footage from 9 years ago that had a) been retained and b) hadn't been requested in the initial H2H scope/media furore. Another type of footage like dashcam or whatever is slightly more likely, but the vast majority of CCTV has very short retention periods. People have suggested 'AI' and 'pattern recognition' but it's not really clear how they think that would suddenly solve a long dormant case.

Your average person doesn't have a great idea of how exactly CCTV works. See the first Richard Osman novel where the culprit's car reg was identified 'by ANPR.' The whole point of ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) is that you need to know the numberplate FIRST and the camera then picks up that reg.

This happened to my husband on a night out too. Just randomly punched. Almost ended up falling into the river as he was crossing the bridge.

They arrested another man early into the investigation who happened to be a banker but he was able to prove he was in the US at the time.

There are good and bad people in all walks of life.

Why? She (if there was a she) may have been living in the knowledge that he could quite happily shove a random woman under a bus - what would that tell her he'd be comfortable with doing to one that made him really angry?

Am just annoyed that they know who he is but his name hasn’t been released…

Why did it take them so long?

He is being named on X and has form.

If someone (wife/GF/colleague) knew and has only just come forward with this knowledge/evidence, would they not be charged with perverting the course of justice by not disclosing earlier and covering up a crime?

Not sure how these things work.

Not to mention all the partners of men in criminal gangs living off the proceeds. Then there are people who as a matter of principle will never engage with the police, regardless of whether they are victim, witness or perpetrator. They would rather see a dangerous person walk free before cooperate.

No. It’s not perverting the course of justice. Apart from a few specific circumstances you’re not obligated to report a crime in England and wales

No, this is why ppl (in the uk) are arrested for sharing information online before/during a trial - I believe it’s ’contempt of court’. There was an actress who got arrested, don’t know whether charged, for doing this a few years ago. Police warn people not to discuss details of cases or speculate as it can jeopardise investigations. Surely this is well known?

Contempt of court is about disrespecting the court.
this is nowhere near court

I think you might be talking about the actress who published the name of someone who had an injunction against being named?

ignoring the injunction (a court order) was the contempt of court.

The police have interviewed several wealthy men in connection with this already but hopefully this is the man. I read recently that the woman had never contacted the bus driver to thank him and that perhaps she had been paid off to keep a low profile or intimidated into doing so. Seems odd !

I'd actually forgotten how targeted it was but watches the video again after seeing this thread, smippwd the man ahead of her and pushed her deliberately, vile man.

You missed the case with the poison tipped umbrella.

I do hope they have the right person for this. I occasionally go across that bridge and have never forgotten about this horrific event.