Tristan Kirk

Jack Shepherd pleaded guilty via video link to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage relating to attacks on his girlfriend in February and June 2025. He admitted restraining and punching her, striking her with barbecue tongs and damaging her keys. Prosecutors dropped charges of controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional suffocation. Shepherd, serving a sentence connected to the 2018 manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, was remanded in custody pending sentencing in September, with his anticipated release date reported as January 2029.