DEVON fugitive killer Jack Shepherd has been arrested in Georgia.

Shepherd, originally from Moretonhampstead and a former South Dartmoor College student, had been on the run after he was sentenced to six years imprisonment for manslaughter of Charlotte Brown by gross negligence, in his absence last summer.

Ms Brown, 24, was killed after the speedboat they were in flipped into the icy waters of the River Thames during their first date in December 2015.Shepherd, a web designer, is also wanted by police fore failing to attend Newton Abbot Magistrates' Court seven months ago to face a charge of grievous bodily harm against David Beech, a barman at Moretonhampstead's White Hart Hotel in March of last year.