Speedboater claims he tried to save date

A website developer whose date died after she was thrown from his speedboat into the Thames desperately tried to save the young woman before her death, a court heard . Jack Shepherd, 30, tried to impress 23-year-old Charlotte Brown with a meal at The Shard and a boozy ride past the Houses of Parliament in his speedboat, the Old Bailey heard. But disaster struck when the 14ft red speedboat struck a log and catapulted the two into the cold river…