Financial Times • June 15, 2026 17:27

Met officers make arrest over notorious ‘Putney pusher’ cold case

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Assault by a jogger on a woman crossing a London bridge in 2017 provoked viral outrage

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Mon 05:28 - Sky News (UK)

Man, 44, arrested eight years after woman pushed in front of bus on Putney Bridge

Mon 05:28 - Sky News (UK)

Man, 44, arrested nine years after woman pushed in front of bus on Putney Bridge

Mon 11:52 - BBC Headlines

Man arrested for allegedly pushing woman in front of bus in 2017

Mon 16:22 - NYT Europe

London Man Suspected in 2017 Shoving of a Woman Into Bus Path Is Arrested

Mon 17:27 - Financial Times

Met officers make arrest over notorious ‘Putney pusher’ cold case

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11:52

Man arrested for allegedly pushing woman in front of bus in 2017

A 44-year-old man is in custody over the incident where a woman appeared to be shoved into the path of a bus.

NYT Europe

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16:22

London Man Suspected in 2017 Shoving of a Woman Into Bus Path Is Arrested

The case had remained unresolved since May 2017, when a woman was sent tumbling into a bus lane on Putney Bridge. She escaped uninjured after the bus driver swerved.

Sky News (UK)

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05:28

Man, 44, arrested eight years after woman pushed in front of bus on Putney Bridge

A suspect has been arrested in the so-called 'Putney Pusher' case in which a woman was shoved into the path of a bus by a jogger.

05:28

Man, 44, arrested nine years after woman pushed in front of bus on Putney Bridge

A suspect has been arrested in the so-called "Putney Pusher" case in which a woman was shoved into the path of a bus by a jogger.