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A man suspected of knocking a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge was found dead by his brother-in-law after failing to attend a family meal as planned, his inquest has heard.
Nicholas Brandram, 44, was discovered at his home in Chiswick on the evening of 15 September, West London Coroner's Court was told.
He had been arrested in June on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm in relation to the incident of May 2017, when a woman was shoved into the road by a jogger.
Opening and adjourning the inquest, West London coroner Melanie Lee said she had been told of a referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct and was suspending the inquest pending the outcome of its inquiry.
She offered her "sincere condolences" to Brandram's family, in particular his sisters Sophie Voelcker and Alexia Hicks who were at the hearing.
The court heard that Brandram's brother-in-law used a spare key provided by a neighbour and found the married banker in an upstairs room.
Paramedics attended but despite their resuscitation efforts he was pronounced dead just before 21:00 BST. The police deemed his death unsuspicious with no third-party involvement, the inquest was told.
Brandram's family have insisted he was not the jogger, referred to as the Putney Pusher in media coverage at the time, and blame the Metropolitan Police's handling of the case for his death.
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