Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd jailed for violent attack
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been jailed for 20 months with a further four years on extended licence for violently assaulting his former partner and damaging property.
The 38-year-old, who originally received a 10-year sentence for manslaughter in 2018 over the death of Charlotte Brown during a speedboat crash, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and damaging property at Isleworth Crown Court in July.
The attacks occurred in February and June last year, leading to his recall to prison. Judge Martin Edmunds previously stated that the law did not permit him to add more time to Shepherd’s existing sentence, with his release expected in January 2029.
Shepherd, who was released on licence in 2024, faced recall after being accused of violence against a woman. He had gone into hiding in Georgia following Brown’s death in 2015, but was extradited back to the UK to serve his initial sentence.
Brown, from Clacton, Essex, died after being thrown from Shepherd’s speedboat on the River Thames when it hit a tree trunk.
Shepherd’s jail term highlights the continuing consequences of his deadly reckless behavior behind the wheel.
