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The millionaire suspect involved in the Putney Pusher cold case has been found dead in his London home.
Last week, detectives said Nicholas Brandram was released under investigation while ‘outstanding enquiries were being completed’.
Today, the Metropolitan Police said the man, 44, was found dead at his home in Chiswick.
His name had previously not been released as the investigation unfolded. He can now be named after his death.
‘At 19.12hrs on Tuesday, 15 September, officers and the London Ambulance Service attended an address in Chiswick, Hounslow after a man was found unresponsive inside a property,’ it said.
‘Sadly, a 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed. At this time, his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious.’
In June, he was arrested at his home in west London on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm and released on bail.
A day later, he was re-arrested after having Class A and Class B drugs.
Mr Brandram was a grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark and worked at HSBC’s private banking branch before he was suspended after his arrest.
He also served as a former British Army captain in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan.
In May 2017, the ‘Putney Pusher’ pushed a woman in front of a bus on Putney Bridge in London, and his identity has remained unknown ever since.
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The driver of the bus managed to swerve out of the way and avoid hitting the 33-year-old woman, but shocking CCTV footage sparked a years-long manhunt to find the pusher.
The ‘millionaire’ suspect reportedly had ties to several European royal families and works as a director at a private bank after serving with the British Army.
After issuing a widespread plea for any leads, police were forced to close the case, despite two arrests being made and 50 suspects questioned.
The bus driver, Oliver Salbris, was branded a hero for his quick work to avoid hitting the woman. The bus driver told the Sunday Times in 2017 he thought he was going to hit her: ‘If I hadn’t swerved, I would have smashed her head.
‘It was reflex. The consequences would have been terrible for her – and for me,’ he said.
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