In the weeks following his arrest as a suspect in the so-called 'Putney pusher' case, Nicholas Brandram's mental health collapsed under the weight of suspicion — and in September he was found dead, having taken his own life. His sisters, speaking publicly for the first time, argue that the Metropolitan Police possessed the means to clear his name through DNA testing and chose not to act with urgency. Their grief has become a question the wider society must sit with: what is owed to a person caught in the machinery of suspicion, and at what cost does a system move slowly when a life hangs in th
Sisters claim police negligence in 'Putney pusher' case after brother's death
Nicholas Brandram died by suicide after months of investigation pressure, with family attributing his death to police negligence in clearing his name.