Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd jailed for stabbing girlfriend with barbecue tongs

| Live News reporter Published September 14, 2026 11:37am Updated September 14, 2026 11:48am Jack Shepherd has been jailed for assaulting his partner (Picture: VANO SHLAMOV/AFP via Getty Images) Jack Shepherd, known as the speedboat killer, has been jailed for violently assaulting his girlfriend. Among his latest offending, Shepherd stabbed his girlfriend with sharply pointed barbecue tongs, she said, after remarking that she had burnt a pizza. The 39-year-old was originally jailed for six years for manslaughter in 2018 over the death of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown when his speedboat crashed during a first date. After skipping his Old Bailey trial while on the run in Georgia, he was eventually extradited to the UK to serve his sentence. Shepherd was released on licence in January 2024 but faced recall to prison last September after accusations that he assaulted a new partner, whom a prosecution summary says is a woman in her 50s whom he started dating in August 2024. He then admitted to pinning her down and hitting her in February 2025, striking her in the chest with the tongs in June 2025, and damaging her keys in that same month. Shepherd also ‘punched her several times, causing bruising to her arm and top of her leg’ during an argument. In the second incident, Shepherd got angry during a barbecue and ‘proceeded to hit her with the barbecue tongs on her left breast, which caused a permanent scar’. Appearing in Isleworth Crown Court today, he was sentenced to 20 months. The woman is said to have accused Shepherd of being abusive and threatening towards the end of 2024. Shepherd previously pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and a charge of damaging property. Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. News Updates Stay on top of the headlines with daily email updates.