Man faces manslaughter charge after Thames speedboat date night death

A man has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence after a woman he was on a date with was killed in a speedboat incident.

Charlotte Brown, 24, known as Charli, died in hospital after both she and Jack Shepherd, 30, ended up in the River Thames in December 2015.

Police were called to reports of someone in distress near Wandsworth Bridge at around 11.45pm on December 8.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said Shepherd, from Abergavenny, Wales, was charged by postal charge requisition on Tuesday.

He will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on October 18.

Ms Brown, a business development consultant from London, was described as "caring and fun-loving" by her family.

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