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

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roses2 · 15/06/2026 11:15

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.

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Lovely13 · 16/06/2026 18:22

All credit to the wonderful bus driver. Hope he’s suitably rewarded. Perpetrator is a monster. It’s the light and shade of human nature. Hoping the victim is in a good place.

TopsieGreenwood · 16/06/2026 18:25

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NewspaperTaxis · 16/06/2026 18:29

This thread raises all sorts of questions. I'm not invested in this story but a banker jogger on his morning run - was this not his daily routine? Wouldn't loads of people have spotted him and maybe hazarded a guess as to who he was, or at least known his start and end points, narrowing it down?

Yes, CCTV is often bad quality but that one isn't, at least not too bad. Nobody did a circuit of the local gyms anywhere to see if he was a regular?

Posters talk about how his family or friends wouldn't want to dob him in it as if that is normal behaviour. I'm not saying the posters are okay with this, I'm just saying that surely it isn't that normal? Most of us who live fairly blameless lives would know of a couple of associates who'd gladly throw us under a bus, no wit intended, and certainly have no truck with that sort of thing.

I jog a bit myself in my suburban Surrey town. No chance anyone would not know me if I popped up on CCTV in those circs.

Or are we to assume the culprit was a police officer or Mason so they all closed ranks?

As for the Met being under investigation over the car driver in Wimbledon, well, the Met is in the news today on the BBC website over the FabSwingers website, they're the only police force not responded to a FoI request by the BBC, they really are a charming lot aren't they. How is it al Fayed went for decades undiscovered for his misconduct.

justasking111 · 16/06/2026 18:33

Who's Clare Freeman I'm confused now.

NewspaperTaxis · 16/06/2026 18:34

Oh! And the other thing I forgot to mention - the way very odd M'netters of all people went thru a phase of accusing the woman of tripping him up, very odd but is this website vulnerable to that kind of flashmob posting by those with vested interests? I have to say I suspected that on a thread on the Elderly Parents thread, which did seem to make a case for Assisted Dying and popped up the week after the bill have failed to get though parliament. Is this website able to monitor dodgy accounts that start up just to set an agenda?

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/06/2026 18:34

Nothing to do with the Putney Pusher. The woman who drove the car that crashed into a school in Wimbledon and killed two little girls. She's been in court today.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/06/2026 18:36

NewspaperTaxis · 16/06/2026 18:34

Oh! And the other thing I forgot to mention - the way very odd M'netters of all people went thru a phase of accusing the woman of tripping him up, very odd but is this website vulnerable to that kind of flashmob posting by those with vested interests? I have to say I suspected that on a thread on the Elderly Parents thread, which did seem to make a case for Assisted Dying and popped up the week after the bill have failed to get though parliament. Is this website able to monitor dodgy accounts that start up just to set an agenda?

It would be down to users to report any dodgy looking accounts. I'm sure it does happen.

Markovenchip · 16/06/2026 18:40

Good, hope he goes down, he deserves to, drugs have been found at his place as well , complete arrogant scumbag.....😡

Godrabbit · 16/06/2026 18:41

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Is this true?!?! Source?

TopsieGreenwood · 16/06/2026 18:41

justasking111 · 16/06/2026 18:33

Who's Clare Freeman I'm confused now.

People were making comparisons with this case on this thread so I was responding to that

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq32r3zwpro

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 16/06/2026 18:42

NewspaperTaxis · 16/06/2026 18:29

This thread raises all sorts of questions. I'm not invested in this story but a banker jogger on his morning run - was this not his daily routine? Wouldn't loads of people have spotted him and maybe hazarded a guess as to who he was, or at least known his start and end points, narrowing it down?

Yes, CCTV is often bad quality but that one isn't, at least not too bad. Nobody did a circuit of the local gyms anywhere to see if he was a regular?

Posters talk about how his family or friends wouldn't want to dob him in it as if that is normal behaviour. I'm not saying the posters are okay with this, I'm just saying that surely it isn't that normal? Most of us who live fairly blameless lives would know of a couple of associates who'd gladly throw us under a bus, no wit intended, and certainly have no truck with that sort of thing.

I jog a bit myself in my suburban Surrey town. No chance anyone would not know me if I popped up on CCTV in those circs.

Or are we to assume the culprit was a police officer or Mason so they all closed ranks?

As for the Met being under investigation over the car driver in Wimbledon, well, the Met is in the news today on the BBC website over the FabSwingers website, they're the only police force not responded to a FoI request by the BBC, they really are a charming lot aren't they. How is it al Fayed went for decades undiscovered for his misconduct.

At a guess, people thought it might be him, he laughed about how he must have a doppelgänger because he was in Tahiti with his wife.

And that’s that.

TopsieGreenwood · 16/06/2026 18:43

Godrabbit · 16/06/2026 18:41

Is this true?!?! Source?

Was she not a mum at the school? Sorry if I misunderstood

TopsieGreenwood · 16/06/2026 18:49

TopsieGreenwood · 16/06/2026 18:43

Was she not a mum at the school? Sorry if I misunderstood

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I've requested my post be deleted in any case as I might be remembering it wrong

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 16/06/2026 18:56

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 16/06/2026 18:42

At a guess, people thought it might be him, he laughed about how he must have a doppelgänger because he was in Tahiti with his wife.

And that’s that.

And as someone upthread suggested, he could say he had already been questioned.

OtterLovesItsRock · 16/06/2026 18:57

NewspaperTaxis · 16/06/2026 18:34

Oh! And the other thing I forgot to mention - the way very odd M'netters of all people went thru a phase of accusing the woman of tripping him up, very odd but is this website vulnerable to that kind of flashmob posting by those with vested interests? I have to say I suspected that on a thread on the Elderly Parents thread, which did seem to make a case for Assisted Dying and popped up the week after the bill have failed to get though parliament. Is this website able to monitor dodgy accounts that start up just to set an agenda?

I wonder this

OtterLovesItsRock · 16/06/2026 18:59

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/06/2026 18:36

It would be down to users to report any dodgy looking accounts. I'm sure it does happen.

I once tried, but failed to make a case that it is different from troll hunting

BrownBookshelf · 16/06/2026 19:16

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 16/06/2026 18:42

At a guess, people thought it might be him, he laughed about how he must have a doppelgänger because he was in Tahiti with his wife.

And that’s that.

One plausible explanation is that people who know the pusher did report him, but couldn't say anything more than that looks like Cousin/Colleague/Friend's Ex, he lives round there and I always thought he was dodgy. The majority of people he knows won't have been in a position to attest to his whereabouts that particular morning. So if someone/s gave him an alibi, maybe that was that. And yeah, as a pp said, he could always have told people he'd already been questioned.

I probably wouldn't assume people in an incredibly busy area of London would recognise the routines of others in the same way as those in a Surrey suburb either. Actually it did strike me that someone who was planning this might have gone at a different time to usual, not to speculate about premeditation of course.

DissappearForAWhile · 16/06/2026 19:36

SMDH

BorneBackCeaselesslyIntoThePas · 16/06/2026 19:38

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 16/06/2026 18:36

It would be down to users to report any dodgy looking accounts. I'm sure it does happen.

Perhaps some indication of a users ‘history’ should be visible, I.e a badge based on the number of posts and reactions. So if someone here only to start an argument would be obvious

Varkalamonsson · 16/06/2026 19:47

iwishihadaname · 16/06/2026 15:58

This person has just got divorced

When I was googling this earlier I wondered if this was the case. I couldn't find anything suggesting he had got divorced from this wife but noticed blog posts about this person's wedding and child's birth had recently been removed (available a couple of months ago but not now)

justasking111 · 16/06/2026 19:51

BorneBackCeaselesslyIntoThePas · 16/06/2026 19:38

Perhaps some indication of a users ‘history’ should be visible, I.e a badge based on the number of posts and reactions. So if someone here only to start an argument would be obvious

Hahaha I'd be blushing if I knew 😂 😂

SirChenjins · 16/06/2026 19:52

Does anyone know why he wasn't stopped when he came back over the bridge after he'd pushed the woman? Were the police there?

powersthatbe · 16/06/2026 20:17

The absolute arrogance of a man so confident in his ability to remain scot free of all charges that he has drugs at home (ahem, assuming they have right bloke). Fucking arrogant prick. Bit like the bloke in that article linked up thread who represented himself at the cyclist (he didnt knock over) tribunal. Absolute confidence he was getting off, no need to hire a lawyer.

Aluna · 16/06/2026 20:18

powersthatbe · 16/06/2026 20:17

The absolute arrogance of a man so confident in his ability to remain scot free of all charges that he has drugs at home (ahem, assuming they have right bloke). Fucking arrogant prick. Bit like the bloke in that article linked up thread who represented himself at the cyclist (he didnt knock over) tribunal. Absolute confidence he was getting off, no need to hire a lawyer.

Same bloke.

powersthatbe · 16/06/2026 20:24

Aluna · 16/06/2026 20:18

Same bloke.

You dont say! 😉