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’ve had this too. I was walking along and a man barged into me. A colleague saw it all and said the man deliberately change direction to target me.

Is that really a thing? It would actually explain why wearing an outfit that's quite striking hasn't resulted in any leads, plus why three bankers have been questioned. How the other half lives!

"Intent" seems to be one of those irregular nouns ... people seem much more happy to divine intent when it comes to trivial tweets ...

Anyway, happy to wait for a trial and proper evidence and facts.

Pray this is the monster and he faces some consequences.

Well I do!!!
The person who knew he did this has remained silent and has probably only came forward with info, due to spite the perpetrator.
Hope they get jailed!!

If this is the right man, then revenge really is a dish best served cold. He must have been bricking it when he saw the story go viral at the time... and then it settled down, and he must have thought he'd got away with it... and now, all these years later, it's flared up again.

Bet he's going through a toxic divorce....

They did - I know two people who did (together, not at differing times).

Think it was Germaine Greer who said most women have no idea how much men hate
them.

This man tried to kill a stranger in the street on a whim - what a horrific human being he must be. I can't even begin to get my head around it - to try and push a young woman in front of a bus like it's a game, like her life means absolutely nothing. Psychopathic?? I hate the though that there are people like that walking among us.

No fucks given about the obvious risk of this putting off other people with information about crimes coming forward after the fact then?

You have to wonder what other damage he has done in his life. Cunt.

Well this is it. I would not like to be a spouse or child of the man who did that.

Attempted manslaughter isn’t a thing in the uk I don’t think. Closest charge would be gbh with intent I don’t think he’s been charged with that?

In this case, non whatsoever. 10yrs they waited!! They have not come forward because of guilt for this poor pushee.
I stand by my comment

Where does it say a woman has covered for him ? i must have missed that.

People have no general duty to report that they believe someone has committed a crime in this country, surprisingly enough. There is a duty to report various driving offences and terrorist offences, and you are not allowed to help someone to hide from the police if you know they are looking for him or if you were involved in the crime. But just knowing or believing someone has committed a crime does not oblige you report it.

I am going to guess they already had suspects from the original investigation but now some advances in AI mean they can prove it.
Or an abused ex has spoken out. Perhaps
they were foreign or only connected their partner with the attack after the recent anniversary appeal.

And still none.

So thinking specifically about this one incident, since apparently no other victims of crimes matter to you, it's possible more than one person knows who the attacker is, but only one has so far come forward. If multiple people know, but anyone who's so far spoken gets charged, that's a big fat incentive for the other/s to stay quiet. And who knows, that evidence could be the difference between a conviction or not in this case. The pusher walking free because of this bright idea.

It's one of those things that sounds all righteous and shit until you think about how we need to run a system that actually encourages witnesses to come forward.

I'm glad to hear it, but how odd that it's taken nine years to reach this point if they were naming the same person who's now been arrested.

And still none what?

Christ, how did they not catch him at the time? The cctv images are surely good enough for him to be recognised by someone who knew him. Crazy.

They may have only learned last night when this charmer thought he would impress/threaten someone with the confession ?

You can see why I am not a lawyer 😎

No fucks given about the obvious risk of this putting off other people with information about crimes coming forward after the fact then, as I said earlier. Including this one, since there could be people who haven't yet come forward but might be persuaded to if someone else does.

I can't tell whether you know that keeping quiet isn't a criminal offence in itself or whether you do and you're suggesting a change to the law, but it's not a sensible idea either way. Not if you actually want witness evidence.