London Jogger Who Shoved Woman Into Buss Path Is Arrested

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times


By SEWELL CHAN
AUG. 10, 2017

LONDON — . . . .

A man believed to be the jogger who shoved a woman out of his way — knocking her down and into the path of a bus, which nearly hit her — was arrested and charged with causing grievous bodily harm on Thursday, the London police announced.

The encounter occurred around 7:40 a.m. on May 5, but it came to the attention of the public only this week, when the police released surveillance video that was widely shared online.

In the video, the jogger, wearing a light gray T-shirt and blue athletic shorts, can be seen running on the sidewalk (in Britain, the pavement) westward along Putney Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in Southwest London.

The jogger passes a man in a business suit, who is walking east. Moments later — and seemingly at random, out of nowhere — he abruptly and violently shoves another pedestrian, who was also walking east, into the path of an oncoming bus.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/world/europe/uk-london-jogger-pushes-woman-bus.html

[Achilleaze]

1. Yay

Lock him up.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. Throw the bus at him.

...errr "the book" I mean.

[christx30]

12. To do eye for an eye,

shouldn't it be "throw him at the bus'?
I mean, it's England. They gotta have seige weapondry around. A catapult or trebuchet should be able to do it. No problem.

But, seriously, glad they caught the guy. He hit her and never looked back. Nothing I saw showed any caring about what he did. But that bus driver did a good job of not hitting her.

[C Moon]

3. Crazy. It looked like he wanted that path all to himself.

The businessman was on the curbed area, she was on the path.
What a piece of garbage.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. And she was to the side of the path

The jogger was in the middle. He should have been on the opposite side of the path.

[yardwork]

4. Good.

[Blue_Tires]

5. good

[Javaman]

6. dumb bastard...

I run and deal with walkers all the time. I do something really creative to fix the issue: I nod hello and go around them. LOL

[tblue37]

10. She was not in his path at all. He had to make a major swerve to push her.

This was a deliberate assault, not a reaction to someone in his way.

[Javaman]

11. fucking sociopath then. nt

[xor]

14. She actually seemed to have moved a little to avoid him, and he had plenty room to do the same

And even if she blocked his way or if she said something rude, that's still something only a raging lunatic would do.

[Tracer]

7. I was shoved into the street too.

I used to work in an area that was home to alcoholics and mentally ill men.

One day, while walking to my car, I saw one of the crazier, crazies approaching. He was a very tall guy and was muttering/humming loudly to himself as he walked. Wanting to give him plenty of room, I eased over to the curb side of the sidewalk. Didn't work. As we passed, he slammed me in the chest with his elbow, pushing me into the street.

He never paused, never stopped his chanting.

And don't criticize me for saying "crazy". Some of these men fit no other description.

[SkyDaddy7]

8. EXCELLENT!!!

I saw the video & was hoping they would find the asshole!

[peacebuzzard]

13. Happy they located the freak

He is a lethal danger to all living beings.

[JI7]

15. Is he related to the other piece of shit that kicked a woman down the stairs ?

[dalton99a]

16. Man arrested is wealthy American banker who says he's innocent:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4221780/putney-bridge-jogger-first-pictures-pusher-video/

[SwissTony]

17. Apparently, he has been released

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

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His claim to have been in the US seems to be backed up with evidence.

[Bengus81]

18. That banker guy looks like he had some stocky large arms....

Not so much the guy in the vid,doubt it was him.

[xor]

20. I wonder how they narrowed in on him to begin with...

I'm guessing someone saw the video and called in a "tip" or something?

[brooklynite]

19. Update: Lawyer says suspect was in US at time of incident (per GUARDIAN)