Putney Bridge jogger: US banker wrongfully arrested for pushing woman is 'receiving death threats'
Eric Bellquist was cleared of all charges after it emerged he was in the US at the time of the incident
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Your support makes all the difference.The man wrongfully arrested for pushing a woman in front of a bus on Putney Bridge has reportedly hired a bodyguard after receiving death threats.
Eric Bellquist was detained by police after CCTV footage emerged of the shocking incident last week in which a jogger can be seen violently shoving a pedestrian into the path of a bus.
But lawyers representing the 41-year-old banker said they had irrefutable proof he was in the US at the time of the attack in May and he was subsequently released.
Mr Bellquist was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He was initially released on bail and then cleared of all charges.
But he is now facing death threats as a result of his arrest, according to the MailOnline.
The Metropolitan Police said they did not check whether Mr Bellquist was in the country prior to his arrest.
Footage of the incident, which happened on 5 May, was released by police to appeal for witnesses.
The video shows a man jogging past one male pedestrian, before colliding with the 33-year-old woman, who is thrown to the ground and into the path of a bus.
The bus is then seen swerving to avoid the woman.
Police said that after the incident the bus driver stopped and passengers tended to the woman who had minor injuries.
The jogger then ran back the other way over the bridge, the Metropolitan Police said. When the victim tried to speak to her assailant, “he did not acknowledge her”.
Prior to his elimination from the investigation, Mr Bellquist’s lawyers, Duncan Lewis Solicitors, said: "Our client has been wrongly implicated in this matter; he categorically denies being the individual concerned and has irrefutable proof that he was in the United States at the time of the incident.
"Consequently, we expect a swift resolution to this wholly untrue allegation."
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