UK authorities submit official request to extradite speedboat killer Jack Shepherd from Georgia

UK authorities have put the wheels in motion to extradite speedboat killer Jack Shepherd from Georgia, it has emerged.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed it had prepared an official request which was submitted to Georgian authorities by the Home Office.

His extradition hearing is expected to start next week.

Shepherd is currently in prison in Tbilisi after handing himself in to Georgian authorities last month.

The 31-year-old went on the run and was convicted in his absence last year of killing Charlotte Brown, 24, on a Champagne-laden first date when the speedboat they were in overturned in the Thames.

Ms Brown, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, died after plunging into the water in December 2015.

Shepherd, originally from Exeter, was convicted of manslaughter at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to six years in jail.

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The web designer has reportedly written to Ms Brown’s family requesting a meeting “to explain everything that happened that tragic evening”.

The note, obtained by The Sun, said: “I want more than anything to talk to Charlotte’s family. I wish that I had ignored the police and lawyers and spoken to you three years ago.”

But Ms Brown’s father Graham Brown told the newspaper: “We don’t intend to dignify Shepherd’s comments with a response until the extradition process has been completed and he is finally held accountable for his actions.”