尼古拉斯·布兰德姆的家人称,他因警方调查带来的“压力”而轻生。记者:海伦娜·威尔金森警方监察机构表示,大都会警察局专业标准部门应调查该局处理的一起案件。一名涉嫌在普特尼桥上将一名女子推入公交车行驶路径内的男子,被发现死于家中。
Nicholas Brandram's family say he took his own life due to the "pressure" of a police investigation. By Helena Wilkinson The police watchdog has said the Metropolitan Police's professional standards unit should investigate the force's handling of a case in which a man suspected of pushing a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge was found dead.
9月15日,尼古拉斯·布兰德姆被发现死于伦敦家中。他的家人称,他因警方调查带来的“巨大压力”而轻生。
Nicholas Brandram was found dead at his London home on 15 September. His family said he took his own life after the "immense pressure" of a police investigation.
警方怀疑,这名44岁男子就是2017年5月在伦敦西部普特尼桥慢跑时,将一名女子推入公交车行驶路径内的慢跑者。
The 44-year-old was under suspicion of being the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus during a run on Putney Bridge in west London in May 2017.
这名银行职员死亡后,大都会警察局依规定将案件移交独立警察行为办公室(IOPC)。
The Met police made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following the banker's death.
IOPC在一份声明中表示:“经认真考虑移交申请后,我们决定需要对案件进行调查,并由大都会警察局专业标准局负责调查。
In a statement, the IOPC said: "After carefully considering the referral, we have decided that an investigation is required and that the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards should conduct it.
“我们建议审查时考虑以下事项:逮捕的必要性与相称性、与媒体接触的情况,以及就布兰德姆先生的福祉和相关政策所作的考量。”警方监察机构补充说,如果大都会警察局的调查未发现“任何潜在失当行为”,最终报告必须提交IOPC审查。
"We have recommended the review considers matters including the necessity and proportionality of arrest, what engagement was there with the media and considerations made in relation to Mr Brandram's welfare and the relevant policy." The police watchdog added that if the Met's investigation did not find "any potential misconduct", the final report must be submitted to the IOPC for review.
尼古拉斯·布兰德姆的家人在接受BBC采访时坚持称,他并非所谓的“普特尼推人者”。
"We have recommended the review considers matters including the necessity and proportionality of arrest, what engagement was there with the media and considerations made in relation to Mr Brandram's welfare and the relevant policy." The police watchdog added that if the Met's investigation did not find "any potential misconduct", the final report must be submitted to the IOPC for review.
高级警司丹·诺尔斯表示,他理解“成为警方调查对象”可能造成的压力。他证实,大都会警察局专业标准局将开展调查。大都会警察局表示,对2017年这起事件的调查仍在进行。
The family of Nicholas Brandram insisted in an interview with the BBC that he was not the so-called "Putney pusher". Ch Sup Dan Knowles said he recognised the "strain that being subject to a police investigation" could cause.
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