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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has admitted violently assaulting a woman, including hitting her on the chest with a set of barbecue tongs.
Earlier at Isleworth Crown Court, the 38-year-old pleaded guilty over a prison video link to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and damaging property.
The assaults happened in February and June last year, and sparked Shepherd's recall to prison.
He was originally jailed for 10 years for manslaughter in 2018 over the death of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown when his speedboat crashed during a first date.
Shepherd skipped his Old Bailey trial while on the run in Georgia, before he was eventually extradited back to the UK to serve his sentence.
He was set free on licence in January 2024, but faced recall to prison in September last year after he was accused of violence towards a woman.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Shepherd pleaded guilty to the three offences.
He admitted pinning down the woman and punching her in February 2025, striking her in the chest with barbecue tongs in June 2025, and damaging her keys in that same month.
Prosecutors agreed to drop two other allegations of controlling or coercive behaviour and intentional suffocation.
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