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.

I also hope ths person who knowingly withheld this cowards deeds for so long, is charged

God I hope it's the right man. He should be tried for attempted murder but I won't hold my breath. If he's a wealthy banker he'll get the best defence going.

I find it hard to process that they were total strangers. Maybe she didn't know him but that doesn't mean that he didn't know her. Would she have been targeted due to her line of work maybe? What did she do for a living? Maybe she meets lots of people and doesn't remember but something she was involved in triggered him, i wonder could it all have been premeditated and attempted murder

It’s not ingratitude fgs, witnesses can be advised to avoid talking to each other so they can’t be accused of collusion. She might have been told to steer well clear just in case.

This is good news, but it's absolutely chilling to think someone may have been covering up for him for so long. Actually, it's so unbelievable that no one recognised him from the cctv - you have to conclude that several people were covering up. And that's just sickening.

Iirc a foreign national in banking was arrested at the time - but let go for reasons I can't remember.

I've had it just standing in the street in London with a bunch of other people, not even in a walkway, a man shoulder-barging me. Also a man deliberately veering towards me and walking into me when I was using my phone as a map and had stepped out of the way of anyone before pausing to have a look where I was going. It seemed particularly bad for white middle aged middle class male aggression towards women in the street at the time, I agree, which is why I found this incident so shocking, because it was so unnecessary but so imaginable. The only consolation I take from the twats walking into me was that it probably hurt them at least as I'm pretty solid and an immovable object.

I don't. That'd be an excellent way to deter other such people from coming forward in the future.

Hell hath no fury ....

I had it too, just once. A tall young man moving into my path so he could shoulder barge me. It really shook me and I felt furious for ages afterwards. Apparently it's an online thing that incels/inadequate men encourage eachother to do to make themselves feel like they are regaining power in the world that women have stolen from them. If a 6' bloke in his twenties thinking shoulder barging a 5'4 women in her sixties is a reclamation of power both his brain and his penis are even more inadequate and dysfunctional than he realises.

See how he passes a man moments before and doesn't push him? This was such a weird thing to do. I mean, why??

If it were, he wouldn't have run back across the bridge 15 mins later in the same clothes would he? And risked being spotted on even more CCTV. And why do it in the middle of the day with so many people around.

The man was a man. Stronger. Heavier. More likely to retaliate and cause the jogger harm. he was also about 4 inches further out of the jogger's way than the slightly built woman was.

Yes I agree. Jogged back like nothing had happened. As I said, sociopathic.

I also came to see if anyone had posted. Couldn't believe it was 9 years ago now. Good and i hope he gets the book thrown at him.

i find it odd that no one identified him earlier though. Does he have that much hold over people? I mean I suppose it's clear he's a very nasty piece of work.

Also the first person was 41 ten years ago and they’re saying the suspect is in his 40’s now.

Can anyone suggest why the charge should not be attempted murder ?

See how he passes a man moments before and doesn't push him? This was such a weird thing to do. I mean, why??

Which precludes any defence of it not being a targeted incident ....

I get it about the GBH but really hope, if it’s him, he gets a decent sentence.

Is that the best you’ve got? Must try harder.

Nothing to stop him later being charged with attempted murder, but it's a hard one to prove because specific intent has to be shown. I can see why they would stick to GBH at this point.

Random attacks are hard to process.
Hopefully we’ll find out. Though possibly not because ‘I thought it was the bitch who had disrespected me earlier’ would possibly play even worse with a jury than ‘it was a momentary urge, I don’t know what came over me, I’m really sorry’ even if the first was true.

Ah, the handmaidens of the patriarchy have arrived, didn’t take long. Trying to spread doubt and smear the victim already.

No the CCTV does NOT show that. She was walking in a straight line and he veered over and shoved her.

You're either blind or biased.

I would be interested to hear from 12 reasonable people who think that pushing someone into a busy road intentionally was not an action that had a very high chance of death arising.

Murder in my book.

I'd take attempted manslaughter - both carry life sentences

Do you mean you knew who it was?

I'm replaying it and cannot decide if he pushed her to throw her in the path of the bus, or pushed her because she was in his path and not fully aware of the bus.

Both unforgiveable obviously, but I wasn't sure.

The last twat who tried this with me instantly regretted it when his chest impacted on the sharp pointy engine parts in my rucksack, his squeals of shock and pain more than made up for my bruised back

Very high chance isn't the same thing as specific intent. The CPS will need to use the legal definition of attempted murder, which doesn't include a provision for recklessness.

But maybe more will come out in questioning, or later. They're not tied to GBH just because that's what the initial arrest was on suspicion of.