Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd jailed again after beating girlfriend with BBQ tongs just a year after prison release

SPEEDBOAT killer Jack Shepherd has been jailed after he pinned down and beat his new girlfriend with BBQ tongs in a sickening campaign of abuse.

The vile 39-year-old attacked the vulnerable woman twice after he was released from prison.

Shepherd was previously jailed for killing Charlotte Brown, 24, who was thrown from his boat on the River Thames in December 2015.

He was released from prison in January 2024 and met a woman 20-years his senior known only as Ms X shortly after, court documents claim.

The pair eventually entered into a relationship and lived in rooms side-by-side at a six-room bedsit in Southall, West London, reports the Daily Mail.

Shepherd pinned down the woman and punched her “several times causing bruising to her arm and top of leg” in February 2025.

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Prosecutors agreed to drop two other allegations, of controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional suffocation.

According to court documents, Shepherd and Ms X were in a relationship that continued even after she was told by the police about his history

One neighbour recalled how Mrs X used to say “she was frightened” and they had “very, very disturbing arguments”.

They alleged there was “screaming and shouting” and that she said “he used to put his hand around her neck and threatened her”.

“It was a disaster in the end, she’s been through hell. He could have killed her,” they added.

One resident claimed the woman was “alone and in need of someone to talk to” before they started seeing each other in August 2024.

They said that their relationship got off to a good start before it descended into a “nightmare”.

“He’s conned her and conned us all. We were all taken in by him…but he’s a danger to all women,” they added.

By the end of 2024, Shepherd became violent and coercive towards Ms X, who complained to the police.

The woman accused him of “belittling” her with jibes about her weight and age, and accused her of flirting with other men.

As part of the controlling or coercive behaviour charge, which was dropped by prosecutors, she also claimed he had mentioned a violent former cellmate and allegedly told her it would be her “last day” if she said anything bad to his probation officer.

The documents said he was arrested on August 5, 2025, and recalled to custody a month later after his licence was revoked.

Domestic abuse – how to get help

DOMESTIC abuse can affect anyone – including men – and does not always involve physical violence.

Here are some signs that you could be in an abusive relationship:

Emotional abuse – Including being belittled, blamed for the abuse – gaslighting – being isolated from family and friends, having no control over your finances, what you where and who you speak to
Threats and intimidation – Some partners might threaten to kill or hurt you, destroy your belongings, stalk or harass you
Physical abuse – This can range from slapping or hitting to being shoved over, choked or bitten.
Sexual abuse – Being touched in a way you do not want to be touched, hurt during sex, pressured into sex or forced to have sex when you do not consent.

If any of the above apply to you or a friend, you can call these numbers:

The Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or night
Men who are being abused can call Respect Men’s Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 or ManKind on 0182 3334 244
Those who identify as LGBT+ can ring Galop on 0800 999 5428
If you are in immediate danger or fear for your life, always ring 999

Remember, you are not alone.

1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic abuse over the course of their lifetime.

Every 30 seconds the police receive a call for help relating to domestic abuse.

Shepherd was jailed for six years in April 2019, for manslaughter by gross negligence.

But the following year, he had almost three months slashed from his sentence.

Charlotte Brown’s father Graham branded Shepherd a “risk to women”.

He told The Sun: “I’ve always said Shepherd remains a risk to women. This proves it beyond doubt.

“He has no respect for women at all.”

On the night Charlotte died, Shepherd tried to impress her with a late-night trip past the Houses of Parliament after a £150 dinner at the Shard.

They had ordered two bottles of wine and Shepard had been drinking heavily before the tragedy, while English literature graduate Charlotte barely touched a drop on their first date.

Harrowing mobile phone footage showed him racing down the Thames at double the speed limit in his faulty speedboat moments before it hit a log and flipped over.

Charlotte, who died shortly after hitting the river from cold water immersion, could be heard screaming: “Oh my God, you’re going so fast”.

Shockingly, Shepherd fled the UK before he could face justice in person and spent ten months on the run.

It was while he was hiding in Georgia that the chilling truth behind the champagne Casanova began to emerge.

Police discovered Shepherd had bought the boat from Gumtree to “pull” and had taken ten other women for rides before the fatal crash.

Shepherd, who got married and had a child after the crash, eventually handed himself into local authorities in Georgia and even tried protesting his innocence in front of TV cameras.

Smirking as he surrendered, he insisted it was a “tragic accident”.