Boat killer gets sentence reduction

Speed boat killer Jack Shepherd has had 78 days cut from his jail sentence at the Court of Appeal Shepherd, 32, was jailed for six years after Charlotte Brown died when she was thrown from his boat during a champagne-fuelled date in December 2015. Shepherd fled the UK and was convicted of manslaughter in his absence two years ago after jurors heard his 14ft Fletcher Arrowflyte GTO was riddled with defects when it hit a log and capsized. He later…