Met was negligent and reckless, sisters of 'Putney pusher' suspect tell BBC
His sisters Alexia Hicks and Sophie Volker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his mental health was deteriorating and that "every day was becoming difficult" for him in recent months."He was reading everything that was online. Last week, the Met confirmed he had been released under investigation.The banker was found dead in his home on Tuesday evening. "He had a withered leg from an injury sustained back from when he'd been in the army."The victim had apparently reported that the attacker had had brown eyes.
- ▪His sisters Alexia Hicks and Sophie Volker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his mental health was deteriorating and that "every day was becoming difficult" for him in recent months."He was reading everything that was online.
- ▪Last week, the Met confirmed he had been released under investigation.The banker was found dead in his home on Tuesday evening.
- ▪"He had a withered leg from an injury sustained back from when he'd been in the army."The victim had apparently reported that the attacker had had brown eyes.
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Met was negligent and reckless, sisters of 'Putney pusher' suspect tell BBCImage source, Family handoutImage caption, Nicholas Brandram was under police investigation over the 2017 incidentPublished18 September 2026, 07:54 BSTUpdated 9 minutes agoThe sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called "Putney pusher" have told the BBC the Metropolitan Police was "negligent" and "reckless" in its handling of the case.Nicholas Brandram was under suspicion of being the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus during a run on Putney Bridge, west London, in May 2017.His family said he was innocent and "took his own life after months of immense pressure" caused by the investigation.
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