Sisters Condemn Metropolitan Police Investigation into 'Putney Pusher' Incident
The Metropolitan Police's investigation into the 2017 'Putney Pusher' incident has been sharply criticised by the sisters of a man previously named as a suspect. They allege the force acted with negligence and recklessness, failing to adequately assess their brother, Nicholas Brandram, against the established description of the perpetrator.
In August 2023, the Metropolitan Police issued an apology for mistakenly identifying Mr. Brandram, a distant cousin of King Charles III, as a suspect in the high-profile case. The incident involved a jogger pushing a woman into the path of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge. While the bus driver managed to swerve, narrowly avoiding a fatal collision, the woman sustained minor injuries. Police released CCTV footage and a computer-generated image of the suspect, describing him as a white male, approximately 30-35 years old, with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a light blue t-shirt and dark shorts.
Mr. Brandram's sisters contend that their brother, who suffers from schizophrenia and was in a psychiatric unit at the time of the incident, did not fit this description. They argue that he was significantly older than the suspect's description and did not have a beard. The family maintains that the police's oversight caused considerable distress and further complicated their brother's mental health challenges, highlighting systemic issues within the investigative process.
