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.

No name released because he hasn't been charged yet, just arrested.

Someone must have given him an alibi at the time. And allegiances change so they can now nab him.

@Monty36 its pretty clear the PP is not saying that PTSD is an excuse for bad behaviour, or not real. She’s saying it gets wheeled out (falsely or unreasonably) to avoid punishment for bad behaviour.

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There's a huge amount of speculation on this thread. He may just admit it was him. After all this time, unburdening may be what he wants to do. The courts are much harsher towards people who perpetuate lies both for a period before they are caught and when they are on trial. Dishonesty is punished as well as the offence.

MNHQ are right to post a warning but I don't think there is 'huge speculation', no one has posted anything other than what's in the Mail. White, banker, West London, Royal connections could describe thousands of men in London.

Yeah it's absolutely terrible isn't it. I hope he goes down for life. Which will probably be like 7 years FFS.

Agreed

Thanks, @FayeMumsnet .

I'll be gutted if justice isn't done – which includes it being the right person who is convicted.

And certainly no one should be adding their private speculation about names to that.

I felt a PP might – perhaps inadvertently – have been fishing for that.

We will be told more as the situation develops. I can wait.

Well this is the 4th person they have arrested...so we will see

Remember this very well and it's excellent that he appears to have been identified and charged. Attempted GBH seems pathetic but if he'd found guilty his victim would have a strong case for a civil suit, I would think. So I'm also glad he's got money and I hope she gets plenty of it.

Regardless of whether it's the person arrested or someone else, I'm quite fascinated by the fact that whoever the pusher is, they have lived with it hanging over them for 10 years. Either they're so sociopathically arrogant that they just dismissed it from their mind like it never happened or – more likely – they've been haunted by knowing what they did and have spent ten years fearing a knock on the door from the police. I can't imagine living with that secret given how high profile the case is.

The CCTV appears to show the victim take a step towards him

I've just watched it again and I really can't see why you would think she takes a step towards him. She is clearly walking in a straight line.

Ex wife who he abused would be my guess.

Something similar once happened to me walking through busy Notting Hill. A male runner elbowed me out the way and into a wall.

Not caught on CCTV and over v quickly. Hard to describe him. A flash of blue.

I was covered in blood and didn’t go out to dinner as planned.

The bus driver was incredible and my heart goes out to that woman. Today's news is very welcome but it must be bringing back traumatic memories for her and she will be on edge waiting to hear if he is charged or not. Very much hope the police have the right man and that they have a water tight case against him

I’ve often wondered about families and close friends of people like that, if they know or suspect something

Would be good PR if he did though. What with the whole Andrew Windsor, Peter Mandelson farce.

The runner’s outfit always struck me as interesting. It echoed the kit that gyms in investment banks gave out to use at the gym that were then laundered and replaced, free of change, and naturally a few migrated out the door.
Shapeless tees and huge shorts in the same colours basically.
Not surprised the potential suspect is a banker on many levels.

Depends if he were suspected. It might be that he was never identified as a potential suspect at the time so the issue didn't arise. Agree though, allegiances change. He's pissed someone off or someone's got free of him.

Yes! This was down the road from me. He’s absolute arsehole.

There is no way his DP did not recognise him from the 2 pics and probably his friends too. They must have colluded in protecting him.

If he’s like this in public, who knows what he was like with his family in private.

I don't see that on the CCTV

I see him running in the middle of the walkway and her walking on the left - when he veers onto her side and shoves her and continues running on her side although he has plenty of space on his other side
-at 0.08 - man running in middle of the path
-0.09 - still middle of path but woman on left walking into view
-0.10 he steps towards her and shove her at the bus - despite having 4-5 feet of space on the other side