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.

OH I've found him.

Me too. Google carefully explained what it can tell me and that it can't give me his name, then helpfully provided links to the TwitX threads with the deets 😂

There is good reason not to release names, as illustrated by the case of Christopher Jefferies. He was wrongly arrested for the murder of Joanna Yeates, and was subsequently released on bail. His name was released and he became the target of a media frenzy when all sorts of horrible and untrue allegations about him were published. Ultimately another man was charged and convicted, and Jefferies brought a number of successful libel claims against the newspapers involved. But none of that could undo the damage those newspapers did.

If this person is charged, we will know the name in due course. If he isn't, then we don't need to know the name.

He’s basically done the same thing twice hasn’t he. Once could be considered misfortune etc…

it has a lot to do with it. A smaller circle, in the know, located in a particular part of the city, mostly all well aware of one another and their standing, and an obvious, therefore, coverup of this man's identity.

It's also quite well-known that certain professions have higher rates of corporate psychopaths in them.

Web pages can be taken down, but the internet archive WaybackMachine may well still have them...

If he’s like that with strangers, imagine what he may be like with those close to him? They could have been terrified and waited until they’ve safely distanced themselves from him before speaking out

Also, on an entirely unrelated subject (obviously) don't some trousers just scream "TWAT"?

And the post on Reddit linking to the Telegraph post about the conviction has been removed. I wonder why 🤔

Considering what he did to this poor woman, she may have been too terrified.

He appears to have had a second divorce (or the second one is coming soon) and is co-parenting. That’s his divorce pad.

Not connected - making the point that crimes can be covered up by people connected to them for years and not necessarily out of fear - until one day someone comes forward (in the Freethy case 45 years on).

I hope the victim of the (awful) Putney Pusher gets justice.

It must be him, the police must be confident in their arrest otherwise it wouldn't be headline news with details of the suspect released.

It's one thing that's always properly shocked. He purposely went for her and pushed her. She wasn't in his way, she shouldn't have even been on his radar if he was just out for a run.
It happened though and something in his mind made him do it, it was hardly involuntary.

I don't understand the talk about attempted GBH. He, the pusher caused grievous bodily harm by that one action.
It's either GBH or it isn't. GBH also covers causing severe trauma or psychological injury.

If you attempt to cause GBH but fail then surely ABH has to be the charge. But I think psychological trauma must tip this one over that threshold.

But yes, it's been a long time mystery and I think anybody protecting him should also be named and charged.

I agree. How the hell could anyone know it was him and not report it?

Yes and lots of YouTubers have covered it recently again. It's definitely had some light again of late .. also children have grown in that time too so maybe he was recognised

Not sure why the media is running with “wealthy banker” when we’re talking about the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria (or whatever). Surely his links to royalty are more shocking than his profession. 🤷‍♀️

With Claudia Lawrence, it's thought that it was someone at the university where she worked, I think? But not someone in the kitchens.

If you just Google him and his wife's wedding, they come up.

Found him now through reddit, something a bit off with the way he looks in photos.

Regardless of who the arrestee is, I cannot believe he's being charged with GBH or whatever it is, and not attempted murder. I know some say it's because it's easier to get a conviction with a lesser charge, but surely we can't go around charging people with lesser crimes than they actually committed unless there's not much evidence? In this case, the attempted murder is literally on camera.

What on earth possessed him? Why would anybody do that to someone? Just why? She could have been early-carrying twins, for all he knew, and potentially killed them too.

The fact that the perpetrator came back 15 mins later to inspect his "handiwork" is seriously chilling.

@DumpyVictoria He looks like he might have an alcohol problem, face quite puffy. Definite anger issues I'd say, and yes definitely agree it was attempted murder. Let's hope he doesn't get off with a light sentence

Looks like a smug wanker.

It has to tick various boxes/meet a threshold. Murder (or attempted murder )is all to do with intent which is very hard to prove from a pushing situation. Did he intend to kill her. Because he had his back to the bus it would be very easy for him to argue he was unaware it was coming. He could even argue he didn’t intend for her to fall into the road.

I actually know someone who killed another person during a brief argument where the victim was pushed over. He was charged with both murder and manslaughter which I believe is unusual and went to crown court on both charges. The judge quite early on said the murder charges were not to be considered as it didn’t meet the threshold for murder. And this was a case where because the victim knew the perpetrator it could have been argued that there was possibly more chance for premeditation.

it is tricky because premeditation doesn’t have to be lengthy. But you do also need intent to kill and that’s very hard to prove. More so when the victim didn’t die.

He has previous and was incredibly smug and arrogant when he went to court for it, definitely a dangerous man. Hope he gets an appropriate sentence this time!