Royals-linked London banker accused of being UK's notorious 'Putney Pusher' is found dead
Key Points:
- Nicholas Brandram, a 44-year-old London banker with royal family ties and suspect in the 2017 "Putney Pusher" case, was found dead at his West London home, with police treating the death as unexpected but not suspicious.
- Brandram, a former HSBC Private Bank manager and British Army Captain, was arrested in June after a nearly decade-long manhunt and charged with attempted grievous bodily harm related to the incident where a jogger pushed a woman into the path of a double-decker bus.
- The 2017 attack was captured on surveillance footage showing the jogger pushing a woman onto Putney Bridge, narrowly avoiding a fatal bus collision; the victim sustained only minor injuries.
- Brandram was a descendant of Queen Victoria and related to European royal dynasties, receiving a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
- Further details surrounding Brandram’s death have not been disclosed by authorities as of the latest reports.