Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd “transferred to HMP Frankland”

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has reportedly been transferred to Category A prison where he will serve the remainder of his sentence alongside former police officer Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne Couzens and other notorious inmates.

Shepherd, 33, is now being held at HMP Frankland, according to the Mirror.

Other prisoners in the prison in County Durham include Soham murderer Ian Huntley and serial killer Levi Bellfield.

“He spends his days writing to friends and family and getting along with other inmates. Prison has been a humiliating experience for him, â€said a source.

Shepherd was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of grossly negligent manslaughter following the death of Charlotte Brown when her speedboat capsized during a champagne date on the Thames in 2015.

Charlotte Brown, 24, was killed after Shepherd’s boat capsized on the River Thames near Wandsworth Bridge in 2015

Ms Brown, from Clacton, Essex was on her first date with Shepherd after meeting on dating site OkCupid.

In July 2020, Shepherd was sentenced to 78 days of his 10-year prison sentence for time spent awaiting extradition after fleeing the UK to Georgia.

Three appellate judges have said the 78 days Shepherd spent in custody pending his extradition to Georgia should count as part of the prison sentence he is serving.

Shepherd’s trial in July 2018 learned how he bought the 1980s boat on Gumtree and tried to impress other women with it.

But her first date with Ms Brown ended in tragedy when the 14ft Fletcher Arrowflyte GTO, which was riddled with flaws, struck a log and capsized, throwing them into the river near the Wandsworth Bridge.

He later sparked outrage by appealing the conviction while on the run in Georgia – and he received funds to do so.

The speedboat owned by web designer Jack Shepherd, which crashed into the Thames in 2015

In 2019, Shepherd (above) was moved to another high security prison after being intimidated by other inmates. He was transferred for his own safety to HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes. Shepherd was being held at Wandsworth Prison in south London but was moved after being spat on

After spending ten months on the run, Shepherd was finally extradited and sentenced to serve a six-year sentence including six consecutive months for skipping his bail in April 2019.

The web designer then admitted to hitting a bartender in the head with a bottle of vodka at a hotel in Devon and being sentenced to four more years.

In 2019, Shepherd was transferred to another high security prison after being intimidated by other inmates.

He was transferred for his own safety to HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes.

Shepherd was being held at Wandsworth Prison in south London but was moved after being spat on.

Couzens is on a lifelong rap for the murder of Ms Everard after using her police status to kidnap her in London last year.

Bellfield is serving a life sentence for killing Milly Dowler, 13, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22.

Huntley, a former school guard, was convicted of the murders of Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.