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.

What mansion in London is worth £1.4 million!

In Fulham it s a flat.

Probably a one bed in a mansion block

Can't be much of a mansion at £1.4m in Putney

@pouletvous ex wife maybe, he was married at the time I believe. Probably knew he went running on that route, knew what running gear he wore.

Sorry haven't read the entire thread but are we allowed to name him? He crashed his Harley Davison into a female cyclist back in 2013. For those who suspected, he is going through a divorce.

People are not naming him but I don't know why. Yes, my understanding is it's that very same person.

There's a link to the Times article that reports on a hit and run case upthread with the name of that man reported

I am convinced that Mumsnet is awash with paid for posts from digital communications agencies, to drive social change. It may happen in a number of ways, eg start a thread, lets say pro Reform, then flood the thread with negative comments, which make those posters who might support the OP disinclined to comment and risk being criticised. Or it may just be flooding threads started by genuine posters. Following the budget there were (imo) an improbable number of posters who professed to be proud to pay lots of tax, regarded it as their social duty, indeed, frankly, wished they could pay more. Has anyone met such a person in real life? Not me. OP's who start threads about being anxious about male midwives or male nursery workers soon get shot down with posters claiming their male midwife was the best ever, that male nursery workers pose no more risk than female ones etc etc. Even on Royal threads - no doubt there are plenty of mumsnetters who are republicans, but I think there is a fair amount of paid for mischief making on those threads, perhaps simply stirring up anti-royal feelings. There is lots of pro-palestine type posts, which I believe are - if not paid for posts - from groups pushing their agenda.
I see some threads and I think "here we go" and don't even bother engaging.

"Earlier this summer, a journalist named Amun Bains received an unusual message on TikTok.
It was from an account named Good News Britain, which said it was working with a group called The Amplifiers to build “a network of digital producers countering the far right online”.
Bains was told The Amplifiers wanted to “work with producers whose progressive content can cut through the noise and counter the division and disinformation spread by the far right”.
He would be paid £50 a week to post at least five “progressive” videos on his social media accounts, with the potential for bonuses.
Was this something that he would be interested in?
Bains gave his email address to Good News Britain, and was contacted by The Amplifiers shortly after to arrange a call.
But after the call, Bains realised that The Amplifiers was being run by a little-known digital communications agency named 411...

411 was set up last September by former Labour party officers who describe themselves as “the team behind the… historic 2024 general election victory”. It is named after the number of seats won by Keir Starmer’s party.
Documents obtained by Declassified indicate how 411 is recruiting journalists and influencers to publish content which attacks Reform UK and promotes Labour’s political objectives.
411 doesn’t want the public to know who is sponsoring the content, and asks participants to sign non-disclosure agreements before joining The Amplifiers."

I don't pretend to understand the Israeli connection with the 411 agency if Labour is behind it, but it is obviously only one such agency, plus there appear to be "in house" civil servant departments doing the same. It's not just about attacking Reform, it is pushing particular social change or change of views on a range of policies.

www.declassifieduk.org/journalists-secretly-offered-cash-for-social-media-posts/

Because it might not be that man! Once he’s named by police, that’s different. At the moment, NO media outlet has named the connection, even though the internet is rife with it and google AI helpfully made the link for me, but said he is “mistaken for” the pusher. So even if it’s not him, there’s enough traffic that google is making the link!

As pp said, he was in a business article earlier this year where he said he co-parents a three year old as a single Dad. That’s where that came from.

It's nothing new. Nudging started 100 years ago. @ShamedBySiri

Following the budget there were (imo) an improbable number of posters who professed to be proud to pay lots of tax, regarded it as their social duty, indeed, frankly, wished they could pay more

Me - I do, and I think everyone should. DH has clients who are very happy to pay their taxes and one very famous one who makes it very clear that he is very happy to pay as much as possible. So there you are.

I won’t hold my breath for a conviction! I suspect an ex has come forward and he will declare that she is making up lies to ruin his life.
It will become a ‘he said, she said’ situation with his defence team discrediting her as a disgruntled ex!

It would be absolutely wonderful if there were texts or other correspondence from the time when they discussed his involvement 🤞🤞🤞

What a weird thing this is. Tbh, l had never even heard of this. Live in the North. Haven't bought Daily Newspapers for years.

I know this is a terrible crime. But at the time l bet the Gutter Press had a field day about who did it. From the Ghost of Jack the Ripper to Lord Lucan.

Bet this man's high and mighty job and Social position will buy him the best Barristers and defence

The main thing is that the unfortunate victim has managed to identify to perpetrator. Excellent. Really hope he gets his just deserts.

Meh. People with an excess of money would do better to directly fund projects near to their heart like JKRowling funding MS research (and other charitable activities) then throwing it at the government to waste on the many many areas they waste money on (and yes I know JKR is proud to pay her taxes, but that is on the basis of choosing not to go live in a low tax place like Monaco or to use other tax avoidance schemes). I wish some of these billionaires would get together and chip in for eg new hospitals - the new building at my hospital cost £50m, a certain billionaire gets his name on the building having chipped in £4m (deductible against tax I assume). Today I read there is a billionaire in my county who has just purchased a £300m super yacht. He could have funded the new building without blinking, and would have better deserved his name on the building. Meanwhile the rest of us are ripped off every which way the government can find to do it whilst all public services that I can think of go more and more downhill. See earlier post re Claire Freemantle - what should have been a fairly straightforward investigation somehow ended up with eleven police officers being investigated for poor handling of the inquiry with five investigated for possible gross misconduct. We can't even have a half decent police force capable of basic professional standards, and it seems it is only because the families concerned fought for justice that the case was reopened and further action taken. See also the Nottingham attacks public inquiry which has exposed layer after layer of systemic failings. Or the Nottingham maternity review.

That doesn't mean he will be convicted. Public opinion is not evidence.
Hopefully, after all this time, there is sufficient evidence to take the case forward.

I was living in South West London at the time and I hadn’t heard this story.

I knew I lived under a rock, but not quite to this extent.

We used to be able to see a poster's history but now we can only see it if we are paid-up members, I understand.

And me. I’d be delighted if we could all pay a little bit more tax for better public services.

I don’t disagree with this poster’s general point that there is a whole load of social media manipulation going on now. It is everywhere, and it is very well financed - particularly the ultra right nationalists.

Mumsnet often pains me these days - it’s so obviously infiltrated by all sorts of propagandists in a way it really never was even 15 years ago. And Mumsnet seems powerless to challenge it. It’s super obvious to anyone with any sort of professional experience in this area.

I've read he recently got divorced..

It would definitely have been fatal. The way she falls the bus wheels would have gone over either her head or possibly her chest. She would have died instantly, and only the actions of the driver saved her.

Being able to see posters’ history is of limited use for loads of reasons.

Main one being, “facts” and truth aren’t evaluated based on the originator’s credentials. It’s all about the impressions, engagement farming and message amplification. Get a post out there that generates traffic, comments and reaction - google indexing and cross references with SM platforms happen… job done.

Some regular posters on here will work for politically aligned entities or even work with UK political parties.

Some will seem legit at a glance, because honestly, if a new poster lights a thread and retreats, on what grounds will MN delete it? None, is the answer, unless it potentially breaks UK law or the user is obviously, repetitively fake or disingenuous or actively inflammatory.

And what makes you think they don't do that as well?

I think it was peak male entitlement.. he was angry because a woman was slightly in his way while he was partaking of his VERY important manly run. He looks like he thought she didn't stand aside for him quick enough.
I hope he gets a proper punishment.