THE ‘Putney Pusher’ who shocked Britain by shoving a woman into the path of a bus may kill next time, the world’s top fugitive hunter fears.
A desperate manhunt was launched when CCTV showed the callous jogger barge his victim into the road on Putney Bridge in 2017.
PA:Press AssociationThe ‘Putney Pusher’ could be a serial killer ready to strike again, a fugitive hunter has warned[/caption]
Shocking CCTV from 2017 showed the victim tumble into the road on Putney Bridge before a 12-tonne double-decker swervedMet Police
The commuter escaped with her life by mere inches when an oncoming double-decker bus swerved at the last minute
Channel 4Peter Bleksley says the assailant must be found and poses a considerable danger to the public[/caption]
The commuter escaped with her life by mere inches when an oncoming 12-tonne double-decker swerved at the last minute.
About 15 minutes later, the grey-shirted assailant came back, ignoring his 33-year-old victim’s attempts to confront him.
The thug then vanished into Fulham, South West London and has never been seen since.
Metropolitan Police launched an appeal and trawled hundreds of hours of CCTV following the May 5 attack, but yielded nothing and the case closed in June 2018.
Now, six years on, Peter Bleksley says the attacker, who is still on the run, poses a credible danger to the public and must be caught.
The crack ex-detective, who founded secret undercover unit SO10, told The Sun: “This person needs finding as much today as they did back then, there’s something clearly not right here.
“Sometimes with serial killers, some of them will kill, then not re-offend for many years.
“It might be on the tube, it might be fatal.”
Scotland Yard launched their investigation immediately and over the course of a year identified 50 “persons of interest”.
All of them were researched, reviewed and eventually eliminated and all reasonable lines of enquiry completed.
OVER 940,000 CAMERAS
With no suspect identified and having exhausted every avenue, The Met closed their investigation.
Research by Clarion Security Systems from 2022 estimates there are over 942,562 public and private CCTV cameras in the capital.
At 1,552 cameras per square mile, London is one of the most watched cities on earth.
It is this level of surveillance that led Brits gobsmacked as to how the Putney Pusher got away.
But Peter, who starred in Channel 4’s hit escape and evasion series ‘Hunted’, says this case was not as simple.
The ex-New Scotland Yard cop explained: “So many of the systems are operated by independents, chains, local authorities and highways authorities.
“The problem is many of these systems don’t actually communicate with one another, it’s not like they are monitored by a central, government run HQ like you’d find in China.”
This person needs finding as much today as they did back then, there’s something clearly not right here
Peter Bleksley
Peter says cops would have gone door to door and set parameters for how far and wide they would cast their net.
But in a city plagued with violent crime, coupled with the fact the victim did not die, the case would have been de-prioritised.
The ex-cop explained: “If somebody had died, we would have had anniversary appeals from the police.
“A homicide investigation team would have been dedicated to that case and the harsh reality is it would’ve been far more likely to have been solved.
“It will boil down to priorities and at some point a senior will call it a day.”
One theory banded around by armchair detectives is that the Pusher could be a spy protected by Government agencies.
But Peter rubbished the conspiracy, adding: “If you’re dangerous enough to do something like that, it’s even more important he’s caught if it was somebody that works within a government agency.
“Imagine what other crimes they could get up to.”
Whatever happened to the Putney Pusher will, for the moment, remain a mystery.
And Peter – who has over 30 years experience as a crack detective – admits anything could have happened to the grey-shirted shover.
He concluded: “If that behaviour is never, ever repeated, then that is of course a better scenario than re-offending.
“That person may have taken themselves off to hospital and got treatment after they have done this, they might have realised what a danger they are to others.
“They could be in prison for other offences which others don’t know about.
“They could be dead.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told The Sun: “We’re not aware of any further reports.
“There’s been no arrests and the investigation is closed.”
HandoutBranded the ‘Putney Pusher’, he vanished into Fulham, South West London[/caption]
Met PolicePolice launched an appeal and trawled hundreds of hours of CCTV following the May 5 attack, but yielded nothing and the case closed in June 2018[/caption]
Channel 4In a city plagued with violent crime, coupled with the fact the victim did not die, the case would have been de-prioritised, Peter says[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
