Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is set to be freed half-way through his six-year prison sentence, reports suggest. The 32-year-old was jailed for manslaughter by gross negligence after flipping his boat on the Thames and killing his date Charlotte Brown in 2015.
But it is claimed he is set to leave jail in the next 10 months - sooner than expected. Shepherd, originally from Exeter, Devon, is currently serving a six-year determinate sentence.
This refers to the maximum time he could serve in prison, but according to reports he will likely be freed in January, reports the Mail.
Charlotte’s dad Graham told the Sun: “It goes to show how outrageous our criminal justice system is. The family is devastated. We will never get over it.
“She would’ve been 31 this month. We miss her terribly. Shepherd has shown no remorse.”
Shepherd fled to Georgia before his trial, but was jailed in his absence. The dad-of-one was sentenced to prison for manslaughter by gross negligence in July 2018.
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The following January, he surrendered to cops in Tbilisi after a £10,000 reward offer was made. Shepherd is also serving a consecutive four-year sentence for bottling a squaddie in 2018.
A Ministry of Justice (MoJ) source told the Sun: "He has kept his head down and quietly done his time. He knows that a determinate sentence means his case doesn’t have to go to the Parole Board for its approval.
"If he behaves then there is no reason to keep him in jail beyond his halfway point. He will be free to simply walk out the door."
An MoJ spokesperson told The Mirror Online it cannot comment on individual cases and that determinate sentences are decided by independent judges.
