Prosecutors have filed a request with authorities in Georgia to extradite Jack Shepherd, who was found guilty in his absence last year of the negligent manslaughter of a woman in a boat crash, - the Guardian has reported.

Reportedly, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it had prepared a request which has been sent to Georgian authorities by the Home Office.

Shepherd’s lawyer said he should not be extradited because he had been warned in a phone call that his life might be in danger if he went to a UK jail.

Shepherd, 31, went on the run after he was charged with killing Charlotte Brown, 24, with whom he was on a date when he took her for a speedboat ride on the Thames in London in in December 2015.

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.