MIA reports intense cooperation with UK law enforcers to identify British convict in Georgia
Jack Shepherd was convicted of manslaughter in the case in 2018. Photo: Steve Parsons/BBC.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports it has been involved in intense cooperation with British law enforcers in order to identify an individual named Jack Shepherd in Georgia who faces trial for murdering a woman in the United Kingdom.
Georgian and English law enforcers have engaged in intense cooperation to identify the aforementioned person in Georgia and conduct relevant legal measures afterwards”, the MIA said in its statement.
The BBC writes that Jack Shepherd, who killed a woman named Charlotte Brown in a speedboat crash on the River Thames in London, has been in Georgia since March.
The boat involved in the crash and taken for inspection by jurors in London. Photo: Metropolitan Police.
He went on the run because he was convicted of manslaughter by negligence of the 24-year-old woman back in December 2015.
The BBC reports on ‘records’ of Shepherd being in the Georgian capital Tbilisi adding there is no further sign confirming he has left Georgia.
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