Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
25
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
The sisters of the man suspected of being the so-called "Putney pusher" have told the BBC the Metropolitan Police was "negligent" and "reckless" in its handling of the case.
asserted
Police → publish → case
Nicholas Brandram was under suspicion of being the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus during a run on Putney Bridge, west London, in May 2017.
uncertain
who → push → May
His family said he was innocent and "took his own life after months of immense pressure" caused by the investigation.
asserted
he → say → investigation
His sisters Alexia Hicks and Sophie Volker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his mental health was deteriorating and that "every day was becoming difficult" for him in recent months.
"
asserted
day → tell → months
He was reading everything that was online.
asserted
that → read → everything
Because he was still guilty online," they said.
asserted
they → say → ?
"And I think that the police's urgency to get him arrested and the urgency to get it in the press, I think he couldn't understand why there wasn't an urgency to help clear his name."
asserted
he → think → name
The Met said it recognised the "strain that being subject to a police investigation" could cause, and that a mandatory referral had been made to the police watchdog.
uncertain
referral → say → watchdog
The force said the investigation into the 2017 incident remained ongoing.
asserted
investigation → say → incident
Brandram, who was 44, was arrested in June this year on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm.
asserted
who → arrest → harm
Last week, the Met confirmed he had been released under investigation.
asserted
he → confirm → investigation
The banker was found dead in his home on Tuesday evening.
asserted
banker → find → evening
The force said his death was being treated as "unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious".
asserted
death → say → ?
His sisters said: "You know, the Met, they were negligent, they were reckless and they have, you know, failed our brother.
"
asserted
you → say → brother
They failed in their duty of care to our brother, to the wider family and arguably actually society because the Putney pusher is still out there."
asserted
pusher → fail → family
Paying tribute to their brother, they said he was warm, enthusiastic and charming.
asserted
he → pay → brother
They said: "He was a gentleman.
"
asserted
He → say → ?
He was our very, very, very loved brother and uncle, father, son.
asserted
He → love → ?
He was a real family man and we've always been a very close family and didn't deserve any of this happening to him."
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asserted
any → deserve → Facebook
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