A 39-year-old man has been jailed after scarring his girlfriend with a set of barbecue tongs in a violent assault.
Jack Shepherd, known as the speedboat killer, was jailed for one year and eight months with another four years on extended licence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning.
In July, Shepherd pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and another charge of damaging property.
The attacks, which took place in February and June last year, triggered Shepherd’s recall to prison.
The criminal was first jailed for six years after being convicted of manslaugheter in 2018 when Charlotte Brown, 24, died in a speedboat crash on the River Thames during their first date.
Shepherd fled to Georgia and remained on-the-run until he was extradited back to the UK to serve his sentence.
Upon his return, he was also jailed for four years after launching an attack on a barman with a vodka vottle in 2018.
Shepherd was subsequently freed on licence in 2024.
Jack Shepherd was brought back to the UK after going on-the-run in Georgia
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In his latest conviction, Shepherd pinned down and punched his girlfriend during a fight in February 2025.
Four months later, he stabbed her with sharp barbecue tongs after she said he burned the pizza.
The victim was in her 50s, who Shepherd had recently started dating.
The court heard he “proceeded to hit her with the barbecue tongs on her left breast, which caused a permanent scar”.
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