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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,348 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:49 PM 21 hrs ago

Remember the "Putney Bridge pusher"? 9 years ago an unknown jogger pushed a woman off the sidewalk and jogged off.

Identified and arrested!!

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/15/man-arrested-nine-years-after-putney-pusher-attack/

CCTV footage of the incident appeared to show the runner, described as a white man in his 30s with brown eyes and short, brown hair, pushing the 33-year-old into the path of the Number 430 bus.

Oliver Salbris, the bus driver, managed to swerve and miss the woman’s head by inches, while the jogger ran on.

The Telegraph understands that the suspect is a decorated Army captain who works as a director at a bank.

He is understood to have familial links to some of Europe’s leading royal dynasties, including the British monarchy.

During the incident in 2017, a woman was walking south when a jogger running in the opposite direction appeared to push her into the road at about 7.40am.

Detectives interviewed 50 men and arrested three suspects at the time, but no one was ever charged.


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/15/man-arrested-nine-years-after-putney-pusher-attack/
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Remember the "Putney Bridge pusher"? 9 years ago an unknown jogger pushed a woman off the sidewalk and jogged off. (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago OP
"Someone" must have talked... I don't know how else they would have identified him after all hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #1
When will the right wing... róisín_dubh 21 hrs ago #2
They don't defend women or anyone else. They only defend property. Iggo 20 hrs ago #4
Definite sarcasm on my part. róisín_dubh 12 hrs ago #5
Sociopath needs to go to prison. nt Ilsa 20 hrs ago #3

hlthe2b

(115,059 posts)
1. "Someone" must have talked... I don't know how else they would have identified him after all
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 08:00 PM
21 hrs ago

the years.

How anyone can be so cruel is beyond me. That he came running back 15 minutes later and the victim confronted him, yet he said nothing and still kept running says it all, I guess.

róisín_dubh

(12,394 posts)
2. When will the right wing...
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 08:16 PM
21 hrs ago

“Defenders of women” come out to protest in the UK?
Oh right, they won’t. Because they only care about the fraction of crimes committed by the browns/blacks 🙄🙄🙄

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