Speedboat killer’s lawyer in cruel jibe at victim’s family
Jail calls to estranged wife
Charlotte’s parents and sisters outside the Old Bailey after Shepherd was jailed Shepherd on flight back to UK Charlotte drowned on date times. And several times he reiterated “will be aghast” at the lawyer’s remarks. his wish to see and talk to them before Charlotte, 24, of Clacton, Essex, drowned he even made the decision to accept on a 2015 date with Shepherd, 31. extradition, but they always ignored it. Their speedboat flipped on the River “There was nothing stopping them Thames in West London. He fled to from getting into a room with him to Georgia while on remand and was jailed share their accounts of the matter.” for six years in his absence for A source said Charlotte’s family manslaughter. On Thursday he faced the Shepherd’s lawyer Mariam Kublashvili JACK Shepherd is back in contact with his estranged wife, the Sunday Mirror can reveal. The self-confessed womaniser – who wed just two months after Charlotte’s death – is understood to have made several phone calls to her from Tbilisi’s Gldani No 8 maximum security prison. Web designer Shepherd was dumped after his wife discovered he had dated up to 10 women, including tragic Charlotte.
A source close to him said last night: “They spoke on the phone, mainly about their son.
“I can’t see any way back for them as a couple, but who knows.” Old Bailey and was formally given the six years plus six months for absconding.
Charlotte’s family was there to see justice done.
Outside court, sister Katie, 29, said Shepherd’s claim that business consultant Charlotte was driving “is based solely on his word and is contradictory to eyewitness testimony”.
She added: “During his time on the run, he and his legal team stated various versions of events and accusations that are simply untrue and, due to the reckless and negligent actions of Shepherd, Charli isn’t here to defend herself.”
But Shepherd’s lawyer, who starred on the Georgian version of Strictly Come Dancing, said: “I have read the accounts of witnesses and none of them say he was driving when the crash happened.”
Ms Kublashvili, who has experience in handling international cases, is based in Tbilisi – where Shepherd spent two months in jail before being extradited.
She criticised politicians from Georgia and the UK for getting involved in the extradition case.
And revealing Shepherd signed over his power of attorney on Wednesday, she said she is preparing to travel to the UK to “actively participate” in appeal proceedings – as early as next month.
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