Trial for death date speedboater

A website developer will stand trial for manslaughter in July after his date died when their speedboat capsized on a Thames river cruise, a court heard. Jack Shepherd, 30, and Charlotte Brown, 24, were hurled into the icy water near Wandsworth Bridge on 8 December 2015. Miss Brown, a business development consultant, from Welling, southeast London, had met Shepherd on an online dating site and they had never met before. They had enjoyed a meal at The Shard before taking…