Banker Once Arrested in Notorious ‘Putney Pusher’ Investigation Found Dead at London Home
Nicholas Brandram pictured leaving court in London(Image: central news)
A wealthy banker who was the prime suspect in the Putney Pusher investigation has been found dead.
A former banker who was once arrested during the high-profile investigation into the mysterious “Putney Pusher” has been found dead at his home in west London, nine years after CCTV of a jogger shoving a woman toward an approaching bus shocked Britain.
Nicholas Brandram, 44, was found unresponsive at a property in Chiswick on Tuesday evening. Police and paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police said Brandram’s death is being treated as unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious. His family has been informed, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
Brandram Had Been Arrested During Putney Investigation
CCTV footage captured the moment the Putney Pusher struck(Image: Met Police)
Brandram’s name became connected to the Putney case after the disturbing incident on Putney Bridge in May 2017.
CCTV showed a jogger appearing to push a 33-year-old woman into the road as a double-decker bus approached. The driver managed to swerve around her at the last moment, while passengers stopped to help.
Brandram, a former British Army captain who served in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan, was later arrested at his £1.4 million home on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.
He was subsequently released without charge.
Police interviewed more than 50 people of interest during the investigation and arrested three people, but no one was charged. The case was closed in 2018 without the identity of the jogger being established.
Bus Driver’s Split-Second Reaction Prevented a Greater Tragedy
Mr Brandram pictured leaving court in London(Image: central news)
CCTV footage released by the police in relation to the case(Image: SWNS.com)
The bus involved was traveling at approximately 12 mph when the woman was pushed into its path.
Driver Oliver Salbris later described instinctively steering away from her, saying the consequences could have been devastating had he failed to react in time.
The woman suffered minor injuries.
Police said she encountered the jogger again roughly 15 minutes later when he returned across the bridge. She attempted to speak to him, but authorities said he did not acknowledge her.
The footage became one of Britain’s most widely discussed unsolved CCTV cases.
Police Say Brandram’s Death Is Not Suspicious
The Metropolitan Police issued this image of a jogger they wished to talk to in the wake of the incident in Putney in 2017(Image: PA)Emergency services were called to Brandram’s Chiswick address on Sept. 15 after he was discovered unresponsive.
Police said officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and confirmed the 44-year-old died at the property.
Authorities currently have no indication that his death involved suspicious circumstances.
Brandram had also been arrested again in June 2026 on suspicion of possessing Class A and Class B drugs.
Former Army Captain Had Previous Court Case
The banker crashed his Harley Davidson into a cyclist at Hyde Park Corner four years before the Putney incident
Before becoming associated with the Putney investigation, Brandram had appeared in court over a separate road incident.
In 2013, while riding a Harley Davidson near Hyde Park Corner, he collided with a cyclist and left without exchanging details.
Brandram told magistrates he had not realized a collision had occurred and said he would have stopped if he had known.
During the proceedings, he spoke about his military service and described himself as an “upstanding member of society.”
He admitted driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after a road accident. He received five penalty points, a £200 fine and was ordered to pay £105 in compensation.
Brandram, a Newcastle University philosophy and psychology graduate, had previously received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his military service.
His death now comes nearly a decade after the Putney Bridge footage became a national mystery — a case in which he was arrested and released without charge, and which ultimately closed without anyone being prosecuted.