Man guilty of killing speedboat date who screamed 'you're going so fast' before fatal crash on Thames
Jack Shepherd was today found guilty of the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown
Ben Eccleston
Harrowing footage shows a woman scream "you're going so fast" to her speedboat-driving date shortly before she died in a horror crash on the River Thames.
Charlotte Brown, 24, filmed the clip onboard a boat owned by 'champagne Casanova' Jack Shepherd.
Moments after it was taken, Charlotte took the wheel of the vessel, and the pair - who had both been drinking - were thrown into the water when the boat hit a floating tree trunk.
She died as a result of her injuries.
Today Shepherd, 30, was found guilty of manslaughter.
Jack Shepherd has been found guilty of manslaughter (Image: MPS)
Neither of them were wearing life jackets, reports the Mirror Online.
The footage was recovered from Charlotte's phone after the tragedy.
The day after Charlotte's death, which followed a date on December 8, 2015, Shepherd tearfully told police that he had taken her out on the river as part of his seduction routine.
He said: "I was just trying to show off about having a speedboat like I thought it would impress her."
Charlotte Brown died as a result of her injuries after the speedboat crash (Image: PA)
Shepherd told police Ms Brown was going "full throttle" when they crashed.
He said: "My memory is quite hazy about the whole thing because we drank heavily.
"I had no idea what happened. I was hanging on and tried to go underneath the boat to see if she was there and got trapped.
"I was feeling with my legs to see if she was there. I don't think she was there but I didn't know. I just started shouting for help, 'please help, please help'."
Shepherd had been trying to impress Charlotte - who he met through dating site OKCupid - with a trip past the Houses of Parliament after a meal at Oblix in The Shard.
But after he handed her the wheel on their return journey, the boat hit a log and capsized, pitching the pair into the cold water of the River Thames.
The pair were thrown from the capsized boat following a date on December 15, 2015 (Image: MPS)
She had tried to avoid construction barges at speed she swerved and struck the log and the boat capsized.
The vessel was travelling at twice the speed limit for the stretch of water on the River Thames in London, the Old Bailey heard.
Moments before the accident, Miss Brown's sister texted her: "Is he driving this bad boy?" but received no answer.
In the months before Charlotte's death, he had entertained up to 10 women on the 1980s model, having invited them back to his houseboat in Hammersmith.
The tragedy happened on the River Thames in December 2015 (Image: MPS)
Shepherd was found clinging to the hull and Charlotte was pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive.
Paramedics battled in vain to save her as she was already in cardiac arrest and suffering from hypothermia.
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