Thames Valley Police charged Joshua Clarke with murder in the Datchet crash that killed Daniel Shipton.

The murder count is the charge. The age on the public record moved a day later. Thames Valley Police amended it to 40 on Oct. 22. BBC's story the day of the charge called him 39. BBC reported he had already been before magistrates and was due at Reading Crown Court on Thursday. This account does not have a report of what that Thursday listing produced. A murder charge is the accusation.

Thames Valley Police said Joshua Clarke was re-arrested on Oct. 21, 2026, and charged with one count of murder in the death of Daniel Shipton, 31. The force said the charge follows a crash between a blue Mini and a motorcycle on Riding Court Road in Datchet at about 4:30 p.m. on July 16, 2025. The release, first published that Wednesday, said he was remanded in custody and was due at Reading Magistrates' Court that day. An update posted on the same release on Oct. 22 says his address and age were amended. The amended line lists him as 40, of Gladstone Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. The force also said nothing should be published that could imply guilt. A murder charge is what that release says he faces.

BBC reported Oct. 21 that Clarke, 39, from Birmingham, appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court charged with murder and was due at Reading Crown Court on Thursday. The BBC story says Shipton, 31, died after a crash involving his motorbike and a blue Mini on Riding Court Road in Datchet, Berkshire, on July 16, 2025. It does not print the 4:30 p.m. time. It does not print Gladstone Road or Sparkbrook. The police release prints the time, the street address, and, after the Oct. 22 amendment, the age 40. BBC's age, published the day before that amendment, is 39. The two accounts agree on the charge, the victim's name and age, the road, the date, and the two vehicles.

What the police page still says about the magistrates' date is the Wednesday wording. It says he was due at Reading Magistrates' Court "today," on a release dated Oct. 21 and updated Oct. 22 only for address and age. BBC reported he appeared there. The crown court date is in the BBC story and is not in the police release. Thursday's listing is what BBC said was next. No account used here reports a plea, a remand decision at the crown court, or whether that hearing was held. The count police announced is murder. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.