Georgian police to hand over UK convict Jack Shepherd to British police today

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.

Two days ago, the Minister of Justice of Georgia issued a decree granting the extradition request lodged by the UK for Jack Shepherd.

The extradition decree is based on the judgment of the Tbilisi City Court issued on March 26, 2019 on the admissibility of extradition of Jack Shepherd to the UK. Shepherd did not appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia”, announced the Ministry of Justice on April 8.

On April 8, the Minister of Justice of Georgia issued a decree granting the extradition request lodged by the UK for Jack Shepherd. Photo: Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia.

Shepherd was convicted in absentia in the UK in July 2018.

He does not admit to the crime.

The BBC wrote that Shepherd, who allegedly 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.