EXCLUSIVE: Callous Romeo Jack Shepherd, 38, previously went on the run in Georgia while facing jail for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24, who died in a speedboat crash in the Thames
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been charged by police with attacking a new girlfriend, new parole board documents reveal.
The callous Romeo is facing two counts of ABH, criminal damage, intentional suffocation and controlling and coercive behaviour towards the woman, who is understood to be aged in her 50s and referred to in documents only as Ms X. A parole board document, today made public, says: “Mr Shepherd has recently been charged with offences of violence towards Ms X.”
Shepherd, now aged 38, previously went on the run in the former Soviet country of Georgia while facing jail for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24, who died in a speedboat crash on the River Thames after he took her on a first date in the vessel he said he had bought to “pull women”.
It was previously reported Shepherd had been recalled to jail in September last year for breaching his license, just eight months after being released on license after serving a ten-year sentence for the manslaughter of Charlotte and attacking a barman at a pub in Devon while on bail.
But details of the recall have not been made public until now. His Honour Nicholas Coleman has written a report, on behalf of the Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales, ruling that a future parole hearing should now be heard in public.
In it he says that after being released from jail in January 2024, Shepherd changed his name by deed poll and resided at “Approved Premises” before being given permission to move into a room in a building in the same area in March 2024.
Mr Coleman wrote: “It was whilst living in these premises that he met Ms X a lady in her fifties, who was also living in one of the other rooms. I have now had the opportunity of reading a report from the police which is a detailed outline of the relationship which Ms X had with Mr Shepherd.
“In August 2024 Mr Shepherd and Ms X began an intimate relationship. Following the guidance handed down, which has commonly come to be known as “Claire’s Law,” Ms X was soon told by police about Mr Shepherd’s history. Nevertheless, the relationship continued.
“The report from the police sets out that 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. 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.
“Mr Shepherd was released on bail. However, on the 13 September 2025 his licence was revoked, and he was recalled to custody. He is said to have written to Ms X in breach of his bail conditions and missed his 11pm curfew when returning to his Approved premises. He is now detained in custody.”
Shepherd’s upcoming parole hearing will now be heard in public at a face-to-face hearing on a date to be announced. Ms X may give evidence at it. The report says: “On or about the 30 October 2025 Mr Shepherd’s case was referred by the Secretary of State to the Parole Board.
“This referral was considered by a member of the Parole Board on the 10 March 2026, and the matter was directed to an oral hearing to consider evidence relating to the recall of Mr Shepherd before making a final decision as to whether he should be re-released or remain in custody.”
Referring to the new charges Shepherd faces, the reports adds: “I have been awaiting the outcome of the charging process before deciding whether the pending oral hearing should be held in public.”
It adds: “The Panel may decide that the investigation of unproven allegations may not be held in the public part of the hearing. If it is then all steps can be taken to ensure that Ms X is not identified.
“Ms X has a choice and may wish to give evidence. She may choose not to if she does not wish to give evidence twice (before the Panel and at a later court hearing). It will be for her to decide. Moreover, it is possible that the Panel will not wish to hear oral evidence from Ms X.
“I also bear in mind that, per Pearce, the Panel cannot conclude that a criminal offence has been committed. It is only entitled to make findings of fact on the evidence relating to a person’s conduct.
“That said I cannot exclude the possibility at this stage that Ms X may be asked to give evidence at a criminal court and in exceptional circumstances, at the recall hearing when the issues may be reviewed.
“This will be a matter for the Panel Chair to determine but I would expect that the decision will be that Ms X should only be required to give evidence once, in the criminal court, if Mr Shepherd continues to challenge the allegations.”
Shepherd began a romance with Georgian TV reporter Maiko Tchanturidze in her native Georgia after fleeing the UK to avoid a trial over the death of Charlotte Brown, who was from Clacton, Essex, and perished in December 2015.
Shepherd, of Exeter, Devon, had skipped bail in 2018, shortly before his trial over Charlotte’s death, and fled to Georgia. He lived there with Maiko for four months, working as a freelance web designer, before confessing to her that he was a fugitive and handing himself in.
Maiko stood by Shepherd after his incarceration in and they had planned to be together after his release from jail, but in March 2023, the Mirror revealed they were no longer together.