Jurors to inspect speedboat in manslaughter trial

Jurors trying a web developer accused of killing his date when his speedboat capsized on the Thames are to examine the vessel after it was transported to the Old Bailey this morning. Jack Shepherd, 30, swapped seats and handed the wheel to 23-year-old Charlotte Brown moments before the boat hit a submerged tree trunk and flipped over shortly before midnight on 8 December 2015. The pair had only met for the first time hours earlier, when they split two bottles…

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