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According to the prosecution’s summary, the relationship between Shepherd and the woman began in August 2024. However, by the end of that year, she accused him of abusive behavior and making threats. In February 2025, Shepherd confessed to holding the woman down and striking her multiple times during an argument, which resulted in bruises on her arm and upper leg.
A further incident took place in June 2025, when Shepherd became angry after the woman accidentally burned a pizza at a barbecue. During this episode, he hit her left breast with barbecue tongs, causing a permanent scar. The woman also reported that Shepherd frequently belittled her with insulting comments about her age and weight and accused her of flirting with other men.
The prosecution initially charged Shepherd with controlling or coercive behavior. The woman stated that he had made threatening remarks about a violent former cellmate and allegedly warned her that it would be her “last day” if she said anything negative to his probation officer. Shepherd denied these allegations, and the charge was eventually dropped by the prosecutors. Shepherd is scheduled to be sentenced on September 4. Judge Martin Edmunds noted that he does not have the authority to extend the prison term Shepherd is currently serving, which is set to conclude in January 2029.
Separately, Brown, from Clacton, Essex, tragically died in December 2015 after being thrown from a speedboat on the River Thames when it struck a submerged tree trunk. Shepherd and Brown had been drinking champagne before Shepherd took her on the ill-fated boat journey near the Palace of Westminster. Shepherd was rescued alive from the river, but Brown was found unconscious and later died in hospital. Shepherd, originally from Exeter, fled following the incident and was convicted in absentia of manslaughter by gross negligence at an Old Bailey trial in 2018. He surrendered to police in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2019 and was brought back to the UK, where he received an additional four-year sentence for assaulting a barman, to run concurrently with his six-year manslaughter term. Shepherd was released in January 2024 but returned to prison in September 2025 for reportedly breaching his license conditions. News about his recent offenses was revealed last month in a Parole Board report concerning his recall to custody
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