London Banker Accused as 'Putney Pusher' Found Dead
Nicholas Brandram, linked to the royal family and facing charges in a 2017 bus-push incident, was found unresponsive at his home.
A millionaire London banker with ties to the British royal family, suspected of being the "Putney Pusher," has died. Nicholas Brandram, 44, who was arrested in June in connection with a 2017 incident where a woman was pushed in front of a bus, was found unresponsive at his home in West London on Tuesday night, according to the Metropolitan Police.
His death is being treated as "unexpected" and is not believed to be suspicious, police stated. Officers and the London Ambulance Service responded to an address in Chiswick after the man was found. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his next of kin have been informed.
Brandram, reportedly a former senior HSBC Private Bank manager and British Army Captain, was arrested at his London home on June 15. He had been charged with attempted grievous bodily harm in relation to the "Putney Pusher" case, which had been the subject of a nearly decade-long investigation.
Surveillance footage from May 5, 2017, showed a jogger shoving an unidentified woman onto the path of a double-decker bus on Putney Bridge. The bus driver managed to swerve, narrowly avoiding hitting the woman, who sustained minor injuries.
Brandram, a descendant of Queen Victoria, had familial connections to European royal dynasties. He was the grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark. He received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Further details surrounding Brandram's death were not immediately available.