Banker Allegedly Arrested in 2017 'Putney Pusher' Case

Nine years after a jogger appeared to shove a woman into the path of a London bus, police say they have their culprit. The Metropolitan Police announced Monday that a 44-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm over the May 2017 incident on Putney Bridge, where CCTV captured a runner seemingly pushing a 33-year-old woman into the road, reports the BBC. A bus swerved at the last moment, narrowly avoiding her, and the woman escaped serious injury.

"It was only due to the superb quick reactions of the bus driver that she was not hit," a police sergeant said at the time. Despite the video, police could not find the jogger, who came to be known in the UK as the "Putney Pusher," per Sky News. Detectives arrested three different men at the time, but all were released without charge. In 2018, authorities said they had exhausted all leads after looking into more than 50 potential suspects. Police did not immediately say what prompted the new arrest.

The suspect has not been identified, but the Times of London reports that he is a wealthy banker and "is said to be a former British Army officer and has connections to some of Europe's dynasties, including the House of Windsor." He was detained at his home in West London.