Millionaire banker arrested in 'Putney Pusher' probe

newsJun 15, 202630522

Metropolitan Police arrested a 44-year-old millionaire banker on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm in connection with the May 5, 2017 Putney Bridge case after CCTV showed a jogger shove a 33-year-old woman into the path of a double-decker bus. The suspect is a multi-millionaire director at a private bank, served in the British Army, and has reported links to several European royal families. The arrest closes nearly ten years of investigation into a high-profile cold case and moves prosecutors closer to charging over the near-fatal shove, spotlighting accountability in a long-unsolved attack.

Alex von Tunzelmann

@alexvont.bsky.social

Ooh, nearly a decade on there’s been a new and very attention-grabbing arrest in the case of the Putney Pusher – a jogging guy who shoved a woman into the path of a bus (she was amazingly not hurt)… www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

23645d ago

Alex von Tunzelmann66

Redditors speculating that whoever the Pusher is, he must be rich & powerful to have evaded arrest for so long. Lol, it’s not like Plod has been conducting a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse & doghouse. They closed the investigation in 2018

Andrew Pope13

I’m putting a symbolic £1 on “he’s recently broken up with his partner” or similar.

Lucy Fishwife 🥐5

Odds on him either Finding God or getting a sudden autism diagnosis?

Janey Llou (Jane to my friends)2

Can’t believe how fast 10 years can go. Seems like it was only a couple of years ago n

~daniel_barker~

@daniel-barker.bsky.social

Oh wow I can't believe they've finally arrested someone. www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

18245d ago

~daniel_barker~29

It's a case I can't help remembering. I hope they can prosecute.

Disappointed Optimist14

I’m slightly terrified that one arrested suspect had to prove he was in America when it happened. Like, you would think the police would do this a part of the process of elimination of suspects?

~daniel_barker~8

Or arrested someone else, rather. Hopefully they've actually got him this time. What a long time to get away with that.

SMD6

fucking hell i'd completely forgotten about this cos i just assumed they'd eventually caught him.

afturain.bsky.social4

Waiting for Fartage to make an address to the nation on this one. I'm very patient.

Elliot Goldner4

A few months ago I got brusquely shoved out the way from behind by some entitled guy out running while I was with my kid & parents in Bishops Park. I was so shocked by the rudeness of it I didn’t even shout anything. Later I couldn’t shake the feeling that it might well have been the Putney Pusher

minion of midas3

There are enough identifying details in here that they probably could just as well print the name.

Mark Cathcart2

I'm just confused. The LBC article says he was a director of a private bank and "The male suspect was detained at his £1.4million home in west London." You can buy £1.4million homes in West London? That is the worst thing they could say?

Jillian2

Rich white man assaults woman.

Dara O'Reilly

@daraor.bsky.social

This must be the most identifiable unidentified suspect ever. 44, ex-Army officer, "LINKS TO SOME OF EUROPE'S ROYAL HOUSES, INCLUDING THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR?" If the internet hasn't named him by lunchtime, then Keir Starmer is right to shut it down. www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

1445d ago

Philip Mai

@philipmai.com

The profile fits the crime. So glad the authority did not give up. "Multi-millionaire banker with royal connections arrested in hunt for notorious 'Putney Pusher'" www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

1445d ago

Jack Tindale

@jacktindale.bsky.social

This is pretty astonishing stuff - I think we forget how many cold cases are eventually solved due to technology advances and just good solid hard work by police. www.lbc.co.uk/article/mult...

2245d ago

Jack Tindale17

This is very "A certain agitator, for privacy's sake let's call her...Lisa S."

John C7

Does come down to how "the Met don't like doing their job properly" is a root cause of many things because when they do, they can achieve stuff like this

Richy Craven

@richycraven.bsky.social

"Between Prince Andrew and the Putney Pusher, are millionaire royals being unfairly targeted by the police?"

Monkey they looks like a Guardian opinion columnist

1945d ago

Booniss Everdrunk

@bookiesnacksize.bsky.social

"The ‘millionaire’ suspect reportedly has ties to several European royal families and works as a director at a private bank after serving with the British Army." 👀🍿 metro.co.uk/2026/06/15/m...

945d ago

Nic Boothby

@nicboothby.bsky.social

A multi-millionaire banker has been arrested in hunt for notorious 'Putney Pusher' who shoved a woman in front of a London bus... www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

345d ago

mintymat.bsky.social

@mintymat.bsky.social

Blimey, they’ve arrested someone in the Putney Pusher case! www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

245d ago

jonty

@jontyscorner.bsky.social

Wow, looks like they've actually found the Putney bridge pusher. Took time but well done, now give him life.

445d ago

Elliot Goldner

@elliotgoldner.bsky.social

445d ago

joeatsandreads.bsky.social

@joeatsandreads.bsky.social

In addition: Putney Pusher again minimises what happened. Why not Putney Potential Killer? Why not Putney Attempted Assassination? Bcs he nearly killed her, but the press fancy a cool nickname so VAWG is downplayed again.

345d ago