Overview
- Parole Board documents published in mid-July 2026 say Shepherd has been charged with intentional suffocation, two counts of actual bodily harm, criminal damage and controlling and coercive behaviour in relation to a woman described as Ms X.
- The papers say Ms X, a woman in her fifties, began a relationship with Shepherd in August 2024 and reported a series of alleged assaults to police that included incidents in February, June and July 2025.
- Police arrested Shepherd on 5 August 2025 on suspicion of controlling, coercive and violent behaviour; he denied the allegations, was released on bail and was later recalled to custody on 13 September 2025 for breaching his licence by contacting Ms X and missing a curfew.
- A Parole Board member has directed that the upcoming oral parole hearing be held in public to consider recall and re-release, while noting the panel cannot determine criminal guilt and must protect Ms X’s anonymity if she gives evidence.
- Shepherd’s case is linked to his high-profile past convictions including the 2015 Thames speedboat manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, a 2018 conviction in absence and later sentences for other violent offending, all of which shape the public interest and the Parole Board’s review.