Speedboat killer gets six months extra

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has finally appeared in court to face justice after spending 10 months on the run. Shepherd, 31, fled the country weeks before he had been due to stand trial last summer for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24, after their champagne-fuelled first date in December 2015 ended in disaster. Desperate to impress her, drunken Shepherd sped up the River Thames at more than twice the speed limit before handing the wheel over to the business consultant…