This whole thing is horribly complicated which is why we have m'learned friends to bash it all out where it belongs, in a court of law.
The only winners here are m'learned friends & possibly the gentlemen of the press. Ms Brown is dead, Mr Shepherd is a fugitive, the lawyers get fat & the law is an ass.
If I were Ms. Brown's father, I'd want him punished for what he did but I don't think a prison sentence is justified in the circumstances. I would want him to walk out of that court with his liberty, walk right past me & into my world.