UK Interior Minister thanks Georgian counterpart for aid in detaining British convict
UK citizen Jack Shepherd, convicted in July 2018, has been in Georgia since March 2018, BBC reported.
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UK Interior Minister Sajid Javid phoned Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia yesterday to thank him for the support in detaining British convict Jack Shepherd in Georgia this week.
დიდ მადლობას ვუხდით ქართულ პოლიციას მათი ძალისხმევისთვის და თანამშრომლობისთვის. ჩვენ ვაგრძელებთ ადგილობრივ ხელისუფლებასთან მჭიდრო თანამშრომლობას. We thank the Georgian Police for their efforts and co-operation. We are working closely with the local authorities. @MIAofGeorgia https://t.co/5ULdlUNinK
— UK in Georgia (@UKinGeorgia) January 24, 2019
The ministers also spoke about the further deepening of relations between the law enforcement agencies of the two countries,” the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Shepherd, who was convicted in absentia in the UK in July 2018 of manslaughter by gross negligence of a woman on their first date in December 2015, surrendered to Georgian police on Wednesday.
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs tweeted:
Very grateful for the excellent assistance & cooperation provided by @gakhariaGiorgi & Georgian Police in detaining wanted British fugitive Jack Shepherd. Well done as well to @NCA_UK @metpoliceuk @MIAofGeorgia https://t.co/irw7x3y3Ez
— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) January 24, 2019
The Georgian Interior Ministry says that they got involved in the search for the man on 12 January 2019.
The BBC wrote that Shepherd, who killed a woman named Charlotte Brown, 24, in a speedboat crash on the River Thames in London in December 2015, has been in Georgia since March.