UK police seek jogger who pushed woman into path of bus

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 7:34 am, Tuesday, August 8, 2017





LONDON (AP) — British police have appealed for witnesses to help find a jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus.

London's Metropolitan Police force released surveillance camera footage Tuesday of the May 5 incident on Putney Bridge.

It shows a jogger in shorts and T-shirt banging into a pedestrian, who tumbles in front of a double-decker bus. The bus stops just before hitting her.

 
Sgt. Mat Knowles said "it was only due to the superb quick reactions of the bus driver that she was not hit by the vehicle."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/UK-police-seek-jogger-who-pushed-woman-into-path-11741325.php#photo-13657382

[rusty quoin]

1. He almost killed her.

[FSogol]

2. Hope they catch that shithead. n/t

[dalton99a]

3. Catch him and push him in front of a bus

with no brakes

[Catherine Vincent]

4. What the heck is wrong with that guy?

Kudos to that bus driver that was quickly swerved to prevent running over this woman and not hitting the vehicle to the right of him (or her).

[rusty fender]

5. Absolute craven

dipshit.

He'll probably receive a slap on the wrist when they catch him

[suffragette]

6. He purposefully swerves over to push her. He needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Putney Bridge jogger: man arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm

Police investigating an assault after a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus have arrested a man in Chelsea.

The 41-year-old man was detained on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm at an address in south-west London on Thursday morning, the Metropolitan police said.

CCTV footage released this week showed a man apparently barging into the 33-year-old woman, knocking her into the road on the east side of Putney Bridge and the bus driver swerving to avoid her.

It is understood a man was arrested after information received from a member of the public. The suspect has been taken to a south London police station where he remains in custody.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/10/man-arrested-woman-pushed-into-path-of-bus-putney-bridge

I'm surprised it's "causing grievous bodily harm" since, although it could have been fatal, her actual injuries were described as only 'minor', thanks to the bus driver.

His behaviour was clearly reckless; if driving, that can bring a stiff sentence, even if it doesn't result in injury. But I'm not sure what applies with a pedestrian.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Putney Bridge jogger search resumes after police clear suspect

A 41-year-old man arrested by police after a jogger apparently pushed a woman into the path of a London bus will face no further action.

Eric Bellquist was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, but on Saturday police said he had now been eliminated from the inquiry.

Bellquist’s lawyers said he had irrefutable proof that he was in the US at the time of the incident, which happened on Putney Bridge in west London on 5 May.

Police have renewed their search for the jogger, described as a white man aged early to mid 30s, with brown eyes and short brown hair. He was wearing a light grey T-shirt and dark blue shorts.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/12/putney-bridge-jogger-search-resumes-after-police-clear-suspect