Jack Shepherd, the speedboat killer, will be brought back to Britain after telling a court he will not fight his removal from Georgia.

Shepherd today appeared at a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, where a judge confirmed that he will be extradited to the UK within days after an official request from the Crown Prosecution Service was filed earlier this month.

The 31-year-old, who had previously vowed to fight extradition, fled to Georgia in March last year after he was charged with killing Charlotte Brown, 24, in a speedboat crash on the River Thames whilst on an alcohol-fuelled date.

He was convicted in his absence and jailed for six years for manslaughter by gross negligence.

Supported in court yesterday by his rumoured girlfriend Maiko Tchanturidze, 24, Shepherd told the court he would not fight extradition because he “wished to participate in the appeal process for my freedom and to be reunited with those I love - my family my son.”