SPEEDBOAT KILLER JACK SHEPHERD SENTENCED OVER ATTACK ON PARTNER

Jack Shepherd, convicted of Charlotte Brown's manslaughter, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and a four-year extended licence for attacking his partner. He admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage at Isleworth Crown Court. Prosecutor Katherine Lloyd said Shepherd punched his partner several times during an argument in February 2025, then stabbed her with barbecue tongs on the left breast in June 2025 after she said he had burnt a pizza. That month, he also broke her car keys by reaching through her car window during a row. Judge Martin Edmunds KC said the impact on the victim was "aggravated by your notoriety".

The court heard Shepherd began a relationship with his partner in August 2024, after they met in shared accommodation and became friends playing badminton. He had been drinking wine and beer on the evening of the tongs attack, the prosecutor said. Shepherd appeared at the sentencing hearing by video link from prison, having been recalled over the offences. In mitigation, George Payne addressed the court on his behalf.

Shepherd was sentenced to six years in prison in 2018 after being convicted of the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, who died when his speedboat crashed during their first date. He fled to Georgia to avoid standing trial at the Old Bailey and remained there until he was extradited to begin his sentence. In 2019, Exeter Crown Court gave him a further four years for an assault on a member of staff at The White Hart Hotel in Newton Abbot, Devon. His latest offences add to several custodial sentences he has received since his manslaughter conviction.