The Tragic Truth Behind The Speedboat Killer, Jack Shepherd

As BBC reports, Shepherd was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence, accompanied by a six-year jail sentence. His time on the run caught up with him when six more months were added to his prison sentence for fleeing the country (via Daily Mail). He was then given an additional four years in prison when he admitted to hitting the Devon bartender on the head with a glass bottle. Shepherd began his sentence in Wandsworth jail of London, but was transferred to another prison when other inmates began picking on him and spitting at him.

Today, Shepherd is 33 years old, and has been recently relocated to another new prison, HMP Franklin. The category A prison is another of the high-security facilities Shepherd has been in since 2019 (he has been repeatedly moved around after being bullied by the other prisoners).

Charlotte Brown’s family spoke out in a 2021 documentary, saying that they had new evidence from an eye witness that could implicate Shepherd further — her family strongly believes she was thrown from the boat, and allege that Shepherd staged the scene (per Daily Mail). 

Shepherd has called Charlotte Brown’s death his “greatest regret,” and said that he thinks about Brown and her family every day (via The Sun). Per BBC, Brown’s family has said that Shepherd’s prison sentence is a step toward finding justice for her death. 

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