Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd charged with attacking new girlfriend after release from prison

By RYAN HOOPER, CRIME CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:28, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 10:49, 17 July 2026 Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been charged with attacking his new girlfriend after being released from prison. The 38-year-old is facing new counts of intentional suffocation, controlling and coercive behaviour, and criminal damage. He is also charged with two counts of ABH, according to documents released by the Parole Board. His alleged victim is a woman in her 50s, who was said to be living in the same building as Shepherd when he was released from prison in 2024. He had previously been jailed for manslaughter after an ill-fated joyride on the Thames in which he crashed his speedboat, killing his passenger and date for the night, Charlotte Brown. Details of his recall to prison have only now come to light. According to the Parole Board documents, Shepherd and his new victim, known only as 'Ms X' began a relationship. It said: 'Towards the end of 2024 the relationship with Mr Shepherd became violent and coercive on the part of Mr Shepherd.  'Eventually Ms X complained to the police and on the 5 August 2025 Mr Shepherd was arrested for controlling, coercive and violent behaviour.  Speedboat killer Jack Shepherdhas been charged with assaulting his new girlfriend, a woman in her fifties 'Several incidents of violence in February, June and July 2025 are detailed in the lengthy statement Ms X made to the police.  'Mr Shepherd was interviewed and in a prepared statement he denied the allegations.'  It said Shepherd was initially released on bail.  However, his licence was subsequently revoked and he was recalled to custody because he is said to have written to Ms X in breach of his bail conditions and missed his evening curfew. He is now detained in custody.  Shepherd's case garnered national attention after the shocking details of the death of Ms Brown were revealed in court. In December 2015, 24-year-old Ms Brown had been on a first date at the Shard with Shepherd when they decided to take a speedboat down the Thames. His trial was told that 'Captain Jack' Shepherd was showing off by drunkenly zooming up the Thames in the defective craft he had bought to 'pull girls'. When he flipped the 14ft craft after hitting a submerged log, Ms Brown was thrown into the icy waters in darkness. He was rescued but his passenger drowned. Charlotte Brown (pictured), 24, was thrown from Shepherd's boat when it capsized on the River Thames in December 2015 Rather than explain his actions, cowardly Shepherd went on the run to Georgia, and was eventually tried in absence in July 2018 – when he was sentenced to six years in prison. The Daily Mail launched an investigation to find him and successfully did so in January 2019. He was extradited back to Britain from Georgia in April of that year. Months later, Shepherd was given a further four years for a vicious 'glassing' attack on a barman at a Devon hotel. Shepherd was freed halfway through a ten-year sentence for the manslaughter of Ms Brown. He was released in January 2024, but recalled to prison in September 2025 after breaching his licence conditions. Details of the breach had not been made public until now.  The Daily Mail reported at the time that he was arrested after a complaint on August 4 about his 'coercive and controlling behaviour and assault.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.