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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Ross

Family of ‘Putney pusher’ suspect say he’s innocent and Met police to blame for his death

The family of Nicholas Brandram have insisted he was not the “Putney pusher” in a damning statement claiming “immense pressure” caused by the police contributed to his death.

They said the 44-year-old was living with “shame, anxiety and humiliation” before he “took his own life” this week as a result of the Met Police’s investigation into the unsolved pushing of a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge in 2017.

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