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The News in Brief

Monday, March 4
By Anita Magradze



Jack Shepherd extradition request submitted

An official request has been submitted to extradite speedboat killer Jack Shepherd to the UK from Georgia.

It is unclear when the request was formally submitted.

Citizen of the UK, Jack Shepherd, was convicted of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Charlotte Brown, 24, in July and spent months hiding in Georgia.

According to foreign media, Shepherd was drunk when driving the boat.

As stated by the Guardian, the boat overturned after hitting a submerged log and Brown, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, died in the water near Wandsworth Bridge. Shepherd was found clinging to the upturned hull.

On January 29, Shepherd appeared in court in Tbilisi on Tuesday, where a judge ruled he will not face a fast-tracked extradition. As his advocate, Mariam Kublashvili stated, Shepherd chose Georgian prison over returning to the UK, where he would be insecure.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, on January 23 Shepherd was arrested in Tbilisi as he turned himself to the police.



Three members of criminal underworld arrested in Georgia

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia arrested three people for being members of Georgian Mafia.

These individuals have been detained as a result of operative actions by officers of the Zemo Svaneti police department.

As Deputy Director of the Central Criminal Police Department, Mamuka Chelidze stated, the members of the criminal world have been detained in Senaki and Poti as a result of special operations carried out simultaneously and that the persons detained are accused of participation in the criminal underworld.

The article of the Criminal Code of Georgia under which they were detained provides for imprisonment from 7 to 10 years.

“The investigation found that the defendants were acting in accordance with the rules established by the "Thieves-in-Law”, says Chelidze.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs continues operative-investigative activities to identify other persons in connection with the crime.