Accused boozy cruise killer will not give evidence

A web designer accused of killing his date when his speedboat capsized on the Thames will not give evidence in his own defence. Jack Shepherd, 30, let 23-year-old Charlotte Brown take the wheel moments before the vessel hit a submerged tree trunk and flipped over shortly before midnight on 8 December 2015. The pair met for the first time earlier that evening, sharing two bottles of wine over dinner at The Shard, before going back to Shepherd’s houseboat in Hammersmith…