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Jack Shepherd, who was previously jailed over the death of a woman in a Thames speedboat crash, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after admitting assaulting a woman he had been dating.
The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to three offences, including two counts of actual bodily harm and criminal damage, following incidents involving a woman in her 50s in 2025. He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday and will also be subject to four years on extended licence.
Shepherd had already been recalled to prison in connection with the assaults. His latest 20-month sentence will run concurrently with the sentence he is already serving, with his existing release date listed as 23 January 2029.
The court heard that Shepherd had been dating the woman when their relationship became violent.
In February 2025, the couple were arguing when Shepherd pinned the woman down and punched her several times, prosecutor Katherine Lloyd told the court.
Four months later, another argument began after the woman accused Shepherd of burning a pizza on a barbecue. Prosecutors said Shepherd had been drinking wine and beer before he attacked her with barbecue tongs.
The court heard that he struck the woman in the chest with the tongs, causing a wound to her left breast which bled.
During another argument that same month, Shepherd followed the woman outside as she went to her car. She put her keys into the ignition, but Shepherd reached through the car window, grabbed the keys and broke them.
Prosecutors agreed to drop allegations of controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional suffocation after Shepherd entered guilty pleas to the other offences.
Shepherd appeared at court by videolink from HMP Swaleside in Kent.
His barrister, George Payne, told the court that Shepherd was genuinely ashamed of his conduct and said his behaviour had been driven by long-term alcohol abuse.
However, Judge Martin Edmunds KC, the Recorder of Kensington and Chelsea, rejected the suggestion that Shepherd's expressions of remorse should be given significant weight.
The judge said Shepherd had demonstrated a pattern of offending followed by apologies and excuses, adding that his prepared statement attempted to place responsibility elsewhere rather than accept it himself.
Shepherd is known for the 2015 death of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown in a speedboat crash on the River Thames.
Brown was killed when Shepherd's speedboat crashed during what had been a first date. Shepherd later fled to Georgia before his scheduled trial at the Old Bailey.
He was eventually extradited to the UK and jailed for six years for manslaughter over Brown's death.
Shepherd was later jailed for a further four years after attacking a barman with a vodka bottle in March 2018. He was released on licence in 2024.
His latest sentence adds another period of imprisonment to a criminal record that has previously included serious violent offending.
The court heard that Shepherd's current 20-month sentence will be served at the same time as his existing sentence, rather than extending the current January 2029 release date.
Daily Dazzling Dawn reports that the latest case involved two separate assaults and an incident of criminal damage in 2025, with Shepherd admitting the offences before the court.
