Daily Mirror

Fugitive first-date speedboat killer gets six years

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CHAMPAGNE Shepherd A SPEEDBOAT owner who killed his date in a crash on the Thames and went on the run was jailed for six years yesterday in his absence.

Web designer Jack Shepherd, 30, had been trying to impress Charlotte Brown, 24, on their champagne-fuelled first date after meeting her

He twigged you can’t keep the benefits of staying after leaving

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE’S VOTE CAMPAIGN online. He urged her to take the wheel and his boat capsized as it hit a log in December 2015.

They were thrown into the cold water and Charlotte, from Clacton, Essex, was unconsciou­s when she was pulled out. Her mum Roz Wickens told the Old Bailey: “I want Jack Shepherd to know that when he’s enjoying himself with his family, I am not enjoying myself and never will. The truth is, I will be visiting Charlotte’s grave.”

Shepherd, from Paddington, West London, who had skipped bail, was found guilty of manslaught­er by gross negligence.

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