Overview
- A 44-year-old man identified as Nicholas Brandram was found unresponsive at his Chiswick home on Tuesday, 15 September and was pronounced dead at the scene; police say the death is unexpected but not believed to be suspicious.
- Brandram was arrested in June on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm over the May 5, 2017 Putney Bridge attack, and he was re-arrested the following day on drug offences before being released while enquiries continued.
- The 2017 incident was captured on CCTV showing a jogger shove a 33-year-old woman toward an oncoming double-decker bus; the driver swerved and the woman survived with minor injuries.
- Media attention around Brandram intensified because reports say he was a former British Army officer, worked in private banking and has links to European royal families, details that drew public interest when he was arrested.
- A coroner’s file will now be prepared to determine cause of death, a step that removes the possibility of prosecuting Brandram and leaves the wider cold-case review and any forensic work to continue.