Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd to finally face justice as he arrives in UK after 10 months on the run

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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd will today face justice after touching down on UK soil.

Shepherd spent 10 months on the run after being found guilty of the manslaughter of a woman he took on a date on the Thames.

But he was flown back to Britain from Georgia on Wednesday night and is due to be handed a six-year jailed term at the Old Bailey this morning.

The 31-year-old skipped bail last summer and was found guilty of the manslaughter of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown in his absence.

Shepherd faces an Old Bailey judge once he is back in the UK
Georgian Prison Service

Shepherd will appear in court at around 9.30am.

He was arrested just after 9.20pm yesterday at Gatwick Airport and was held in custody at a London police station overnight.

Jack Shepherd being taken from prison for extradition
Georgian Prison Service

Angela Deal, head of extradition at the CPS said: "Jack Shepherd has returned to the UK to face justice following close co-operation between the CPS Extradition Unit, UK colleagues and the Georgian authorities, to ensure a successful extradition.

"He will first appear at the Old Bailey to be sentenced for the gross negligence manslaughter conviction in connection with the death of Charlotte Brown, and then at a later date in the south west over the grievous bodily harm charge."

The web designer last appeared at the court in November 2017 when he denied manslaughter.

It emerged at the start of his trial last June that he would not attend court but was in regular contact with his defence team.

The court heard that Shepherd and Ms Brown had been on a champagne-fuelled first date when they went for a late-night speedboat ride down the Thames in December 2015.

The 14ft Fletcher Arrowflyte boat, which had a series of defects, was speeding when it was thought to have struck a submerged log near Wandsworth Bridge and overturned, throwing Ms Brown to her death in the water.

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