By Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:11 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 22:31 GMT, 20 February 2019
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd yesterday claimed he was living in ‘great fear’ after receiving threats in jail.
The fugitive alleged that his family and lawyers had been subjected to warnings and ‘psychological pressure’.
Shepherd, 31, made the claims from prison in Tbilisi, Georgia, having fled the UK before being convicted of the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, 24.
In a series of handwritten notes describing his time in prison in the former Soviet state, the web designer said he was living under ‘very great fear’.
Jack Shepherd, speed boat killer, is led into court in handcuffs for his appearance at Tbilisi Central Court, in Tbilisi, Georgia
One note read: ‘My family, lawyers and people close to me have been subject to threats and psychological pressure.’
Shepherd claimed he had received a threatening call after a court appearance. He wrote: ‘I received a call, the man didn’t say his name. He said my time in prison would be very bad.’ The killer linked the threat to Miss Brown’s father Graham, 55, a semi-retired Prison Service data analyst.
Shepherd’s lawyers have claimed his life would be in danger if he was returned to a British jail because of Mr Brown’s career. Mr Brown, of Sidcup, south-east London, has dismissed the fugitive’s claims as a ‘preposterous fabrication’.
Last month Shepherd’s Georgian lawyer, Mariam Kublashvili, indicated that he may no longer fight being returned to the UK if his safety here could be guaranteed.
It came after a judge in Georgia
