“Obviously, it would benefit in the custody case, it would benefit in many ways if I’m perceived to be this wild cocaine addict party girl,” Hartin said. She also disputed past media reports that have portrayed her as a drug-addicted party animal, connecting them to her ongoing custody battle with Andrew over their 5-year-old twins. “The truth of the matter is none of that. I’ve heard that I lured him there and it was Andrew that shot him,” she said. “I’ve heard I’ve executed him, that it was an attempted rape and I was defending myself. In speaking with Morgan, Hartin also addressed the “many different stories” about the details of the incident that have proliferated in recent months. “My brother was shot behind the ear… execution style,” his sister Cherry told CBS News. He was a lot bigger than me, so I couldn’t hold him up.”Īfter his death, Jemmott’s family pushed for Hartin to be charged with murder. “Then I tried to wriggle out from under him. I could see blood and feel blood,” she recalled. The socialite insisted that she had been attempting to take the weapon’s clip out when the gun accidentally went off. Hartin, 33, said that Jemmott, a friend with whom she had been socializing and drinking that night, had handed her his service pistol because he “thought that it was important for me to get my firearms license, because he thought I needed protection.”
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So I’m not sure if it was a faulty weapon or not.” Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin will serve no jail time over the shooting death of a Belize police chief and was instead given a 37,000 fine plus community service at a court hearing. “I was trying to get the clip out and it just went off-I don’t remember ever touching the trigger.
“I don’t remember ever touching that trigger on the gun so I don’t know what happened, to be honest,” she told Morgan. She did not dispute having shot Jemmott but said the incident was nothing more than a “tragic accident.” Under Belize's criminal code, the maximum prison sentence for manslaughter by negligence is five years.Īfter she pleaded guilty, Hartin told reporters outside court: "I just want Henry's family to have peace now and I want this whole thing to be behind all of us so we can heal.Excerpts from Hartin’s latest interview, which was set to air Sunday night, were reported earlier Sunday by The Sun. Hartin was charged with manslaughter by negligence, and eventually pleaded guilty in April 2023. Mr Jemmott's body was found in the water off San Pedro, Belize. Police found Hartin near the pier, covered in blood and distraught. She later told investigators that she had been drinking, and had fumbled with the Glock 17 after the police chief asked for it back, leading to an accidental discharge. At some point, Mr Jemmott handed her his gun to put aside. Police say that the two took a stroll on the beach before ending up at a pier.
Over the course of the investigation and criminal trial, it was revealed that Hartin and Mr Jemmott, who were known to be friends, had been at a party in together on the island of Ambergris Caye on the night of his death. She must also рrоduсе а vіdео warning against the dangers of drunkenness and mishandling firearms, according to Breaking Belize News.Īt the time of Mr Jemmott's death, Hartin and Mr Ashcroft lived in Belize with their two children. Under the sentence handed down by the Belize's high court, Hartin must pay $75,000 BZD within 12 months, or face a potential prison sentence of 12 months, according to Channel 5 Belize. Hartin is the former partner of Andrew Ashcroft, the son of a prominent UK businessman Lord Michael Ashcroft. He died from a single gunshot wound to the head. She pleaded guilty in April to the manslaughter of Henry Jemmott on. Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin has been pictured in jail after she was charged with manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of a prominent police officer in Belize - but could escape. Jasmine Hartin, 34, was handed a £30,000 fine and 300 hours of community service, according to local reports. A Canadian socialite who killed a police chief in Belize with his own gun has reportedly been spared prison time.
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