Overview
- Brandram, 44, was found dead in his Chiswick home on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, and police described the death as unexpected and not suspicious.
- Scotland Yard reopened the nine-year Putney Pusher investigation in June 2026 and arrested Brandram that month; he was questioned, released under investigation and never charged by the Crown Prosecution Service.
- His family said he took his own life after months of intense pressure from the probe and insisted there was no forensic, location or clear video evidence linking him to the 2017 attack.
- The Metropolitan Police made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct to review officers’ past contacts with Brandram and to decide whether further action over police handling is needed.
- The original 2017 CCTV shows a runner push a 33-year-old woman toward a bus, the case went cold in 2018 and the recent developments leave the central question of who carried out the attack unresolved while drawing fresh scrutiny of police practice and media exposure.