Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd admits violently attacking girl with barbecue tongs
Jack Shepherd, the speedboat killer jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown in 2018, has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and damaging property
Jack Shepherd(Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has admitted to violently assaulting a woman, including attacking her with barbecue tongs. The 38-year-old confessed via a prison video link on Tuesday to two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm and damaging property.
The assaults took place in February and June last year, leading to Shepherd’s return to prison. He was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter in 2018 following the death of 24 year old Charlotte Brown when his speedboat crashed during their first date.
Shepherd absconded from his Old Bailey trial while on the run in Georgia, before he was eventually extradited back to the UK to serve his sentence.
Charlotte Sophie Brown, 24, died in the River Thames(Image: SWNS.com)
He was released on licence in January 2024, but faced a return to prison in September last year after being accused of violence towards a woman.
In court on Tuesday, Shepherd pleaded guilty to three offences as prosecutors agreed to drop two other allegations, of controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional suffocation.
Shepherd entered his guilty pleas via a video link from HMP Swaleside in Kent.
The speedboat owned by Shepherd who was found guilty of killing his date(Image: PA)
He has confessed to pinning down the woman and punching her in February 2025, hitting her in the chest with barbecue tongs in June 2025, and damaging her keys in that same month.
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