British convict detained in Tbilisi sent to pre-extradition detention
Jack Shepherd says that he is innocent and what happened to Charlotte Brown in December 2015 was an accident. Photo: BBC.
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British convict Jack Shepherd, who surrendered to the Georgian police on Wednesday, has been sent to the three-month pre-extradition detention.
The decision was announced by a judge of the Tbilisi City Court earlier today.
The BBC wrote that Shepherd, who was convicted in absentia in the UK in July 2018 of manslaughter by gross negligence of a woman named Charlotte Brown, 24, in a speedboat crash in London in 2015, has been in Georgia since March.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry says that they got involved in the search for the man on 12 January 2019.
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.
Jack Shepherd, who was convicted 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 yesterday.
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UK citizen Jack Shepherd, who surrendered to the Georgian police on 23 January, has told the Tbilisi City Court that he does not want to be extradited to his homeland immediately.
Georgian Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani has signed the extradition order of British convict Jack Shepherd, accused of manslaughter by gross negligence, who surrendered to the Georgian police on January 23, 2019.
Georgian escort officers will hand over British convict Jack Shepherd, convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence, to the British police today at the Tbilisi International Airport, announces the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia.