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.

IF the culprit is the person widely discussed as chief suspect number one, his first marriage was 2011, divorced 2014, and his second marriage was 2022, they have a young son and are apparently going through divorce at this time.
The incident happened in 2017.
According to google "exhausting all leads, Scotland Yard officially closed the case in June 2018".
It's entirely possible that neither wife was aware of the incident, there are posters on this thread who hadn't heard about it before. So no reason to suppose either wife was covering for him.

However it suddenly hit the news again a few months ago? I can't remember exactly when but there was relatively recent renewed interest for some reason.
Which may have lead to someone remembering something, or putting 2+2 together, or perhaps someone close to the person such as an ex-wife recognising him from the CCTV.

I would hazard a guess that the sort of person who arrogantly represented himself in court previously is likely to be very like some of the (ex) husbands posters on Mumsnet write about, who put their wives through hell during the divorce process and afterwards, representing themselves in court and pulling every trick in the book to make life difficult for their ex.
That might lead someone on the receiving end to seek other ways to gain the upper hand on eg child access issues or whatever.

Of course it's all pure speculation, and no doubt if the person is charged more information will come to light.

Article in the Sunday Times . This is the only new information, the rest of the article is just a rehash of what we already know.

Oh so it is a 'former partner' who dobbed him in. Karma is a bitch.

So the police were right. Wonder what the story is there - how long has she known and why now?

Presumably the “former partner” found out he was getting his dick wet in someone else and decided to use the information for revenge.

That reads to me more like someone other than the partner went to the police, and they then approached his ex. The ex has obviously given them new information, but it doesn't mean the ex knew it was significant - or as PP said, even knew about the push. Other posters here have said they've never heard of it, which has amazed me as it was wall to wall coverage at the time, but shows it's not as universally known as I would have thought.

I really don't understand this need to demonise a woman for what a man has done, it's bizarre.

I read it as a third person tipped off the police so the police questioned the former partner as a witness. The former partner didn't start this.

So an ex friend or ex colleague could have dobbed him in. Or even a new exgirlfriend 😮

We just don't know who dobbed him in.

Possibly for her (?) own safety and not predicting any possible charges

We know now. It was an ex-partner.

I've had this too - multiple times now. It never goes well for anyone as I refuse to move out of the way.

As I predicted.

Because it is complicated. It is easy for us on the outside, because all we know of him is the man who shoved a woman out of his way and nearly killed her. But a loved one might know that man as someone she has spent years of her life with, who she has some amazing memories with, who is inextricably tied up in her everyday life: father of her children, joint owner of her house. Or a man she is terrified of who she knows could ruin her life if he chose, and probably get away with it, given his army training and royal connections.

For us it all hinges on that single event. For someone who lives with him, that event is enmeshed inside her whole life.

Don't often see such thoughtful posts here, makes a really nice change.

The tip off was from a third party. And then the police spoke to an ex partner.

It is enmeshed - and I think that's why so many questions are being asked. You've given 2 examples at the opposite ends of the spectrum (loving v violent partner), but of course he could also have been a 'big bacon' provider ( I use that expression because remember someone on here years ago saying that about her DP who was offloading the parenting of his challenging child onto her and causing her a lot of stress but he was bringing home the big bacon, so...) and so she was prepared to look the other way, or she could have only recently found proof of his actions, or any number of scenarios. All we know at this stage is that it's an ex partner - it will all come out in time, of course.

Pretty much what I said

has he actually been charged yet

Not that we know of. No announcement.

thanks

Still no update

Why might there be a delay in charging him - anyone know?

I don't know anything specific about the case other than what's been in the media, but there could still be a lot of enquiries having to be made behind the scenes.

If he wasn't a suspect in 2017, they'd be starting from scratch and may need to interview anyone who was around him at the time. Colleagues, friends, ex-partner, wider family. With voluntary interviews, the police have less leeway to insist on talking to them promptly rather than someone saying I can speak to you in a few weeks after I've finished my big work project and come back from my holiday.

Also possible he's never going to be charged for the push at all, because there isn't enough evidence and no realistic prospect of any. It could be just one person's word against another, especially with it happening so long ago, or he could have an alibi. False or otherwise. Even assuming for the sake of argument that he did it, there's no guarantee whoever dobbed him in is more consistent in questioning than he is or looks like they'd be good in court. They have to apply the realistic prospect of conviction test.

Thanks @BrownBookshelf , that's very helpful

If the police know who it is but can't pin it on him i hope he gets outed, he doesn't deserve a lovely peaceful life after nearly killing that poor woman.