SCOUT· 54%29m·2026-09-24·InterviewsQ&A: Why is the 'Putney Pusher' case still unsolved?
Why has the 'Putney Pusher' proved so difficult to identify? And is this another investigation that will be remembered for police failings? Andy and Neil are asked why, 9 years on, the suspect has still never been officially identified. Neil explains what a case like this really looks like from inside the incident…
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“Just wondering, if this suspect was innocent, what in his mind made him thought taking his own life was the best option?”
“Very very sad for the gentleman who has died. Thoughts to his family & friends. Surly the level of CCTV in London especially that area they are able to track back to some distance of travel of the runner to close the location down from wher…”
“2:05 I don’t think it was that slow. You should be recognising the credit owed to the bus driver Oliver Salbris. Maybe you should have waited a while for this discussion”
“This case went cold back in 2018, only a year after it happened so for them to arrest someone 8 years later for it tells me someone went to the police about him and dobbed him in, most likely his ex mrs”
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