Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd will appear in court in the UK today after being extradited back to Britain over the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown.
The fugitive arrived in the UK last night after spending 10 months on the run in Georgia to avoid a six-year jail sentence.
Shepherd, 31, who was pictured in handcuffs on the Georgian Airways flight to London Gatwick, touched down at around 9.20pm.
He will appear at the Old Bailey in London today where a judge is expected to order him to begin his prison sentence, handed to him in his absence last year.
Miss Brown, 24, died after Shepherd's boat crashed in the Thames while on a date in 2015.
Speaking to reporters on board his flight from Tbilisi to London, Shepherd said he regretted not speaking to Miss Brown's family sooner after her death and called it the 'second biggest mistake' of his life.
Shepherd is pictured in his seat during his flight back to the UK ahead of a court appearance today at the Old Bailey
Shepherd told reporters on board his flight to the UK not speaking to Charlotte Brown's family sooner after her death was the 'second biggest mistake of his life'. He is pictured with a woman believed to be his police escort
Shepherd reading a book while in shackles as his flight from Tbilisi touched down at Gatwick last night
Asked why he did not stay to defend himself in court, he said: 'I wasn't thinking at the time, I was acting on emotion and fear and I made a mistake. But now I'm trying to make amends.'
When asked why he handed himself in Shepherd said it was 'the right thing to do' and that he 'wanted to end the suffering his running away had caused'.
Angela Deal, head of extradition at the CPS said: 'Jack Shepherd has returned to the UK to face justice following close co-operation between the CPS Extradition Unit, UK colleagues and the Georgian authorities, to ensure a successful extradition.
'He will first appear at the Old Bailey to be sentenced for the gross negligence manslaughter conviction in connection with the death of Charlotte Brown, and then at a later date in the south west over the grievous bodily harm charge.'
He will be sent to jail to belatedly start his six-year jail sentence for the manslaughter of Miss Brown, who died when his speedboat flipped on the River Thames on their first date.
He could also face extra jail time for his decision to run away. He skipped bail ahead of his Old Bailey trial last year and fled to Georgia where he began a new life in the former Soviet republic.
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd was finally extradited from Georgia to the UK after 10 months on the run from the law. He is pictured being taken out of his cell yesterday
Shepherd pictured being led away from his prison cell to a flight bound for the UK yesterday
Shepherd looked grim faced yesterday as he departed his Georgian prison cell where he has been locked up since being arrested in January.
Wearing an open neck white shirt, navy blazer and blue jeans, he was taken by prison van to the airport where he was handed over to the custody of two Metropolitan Police officers for the flight to London.
On board the flight from Tbilisi, Shepherd also told the press why he was appealing the decision to charge him.
He said: 'Charlotte's family appealed the CPS decision not to prosecute me after nine months. They appealed that decision and now I'm appealing this one.'
Shepherd admitted he felt responsible for Charlotte Brown's death, but not to the extent of manslaughter, and said he wished he had spoken to her family in the aftermath of the tragedy to explain what happened, before the case came to court.
He added: 'I regret that I did not speak to [Charlotte's family] sooner. I see that now. I wasn't thinking at the time, I was
