Millionaire banker Putney Pusher suspect, 44, found dead at home in west London

A suspect in the Putney Pusher investigation has been found dead at his home in west London.

Millionaire banker Nicholas Brandram, 44, was found dead on Tuesday evening at his home in Chiswick, the Sun first reported.

He had been detained on June 15 at his home on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.

His name had previously not been released as the investigation unfolded. He can now be named after his death.

Putney pusher suspect Nicholas Brandram has been found dead

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The body of Mr Brandram, a descendant of Queen Victoria who came from European royalty, was found at his home.

Ambulance and police attended the address where he was pronounced dead.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “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.

“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.

“A file will be prepared for the coroner in due course.”

Mr Brandram was a grandson of Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark and worked at HSBC’s private banking branch before reportedly being suspended after his arrest.

He also served in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan as a British Army captain.

The woman fell directly into the path of an oncoming double-decker bus.

Thankfully, hero bus driver Oliver Salbris swerved at the last second, avoiding her head by inches. The victim suffered only minor injuries.

The jogger shoved woman in front of a double-decker bus on Putney Bridge

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It became one of the UK’s most notorious unsolved cases.

Mr Brandram was arrested earlier this new year after new information was provided to the Metropolitan Police.

The banker was held on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.

While in custody he was further arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A and B drugs, believed to be cocaine and cannabis, that were found following a search of his home.

He was bailed later that day.

His bail was cancelled last week, with detectives informed him he was being kept under investigation.

No charges were ever brought.

After his army career, he became an investment manager at stockbrokers Killik & Co, before joining Bank Leumi UK as assistant vice president in 2015, and HSBC in 2018.

A year later, he was found by a court to have struck a cyclist with his 1200cc Harley Davidson motorcycle on Hyde Park Corner.

The prosecutor said that the cyclist’s back wheel was damaged in the collision but that Brandram left the scene without exchanging details on March 6, 2013.

Brandram represented himself in court but initially denied the allegations, suggesting that he did not know that a collision had occurred.

The Newcastle University philosophy and psychology alumnus told magistrates that he was an “upstanding member of society”

He received five penalty points on his licence, a £200 fine and compensation costs of £105.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said following is death: “We were called at 7.55pm on Tuesday 15 September to reports of an incident.

“We sent resources to the scene including an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car, an advanced paramedic and a clinical team manager.

“Very sadly, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.”

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