Jasmine Hartin reportedly confessed to shooting after drug charge threat
By Lee Brown
June 1, 2021 | 7:52am | Updated
Think you live next door to a 'neighbor from hell'?
Jasmine Hartin began cooperating with authorities after they threatened to charge her with cocaine possession.
The socialite daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft only confessed to accidentally shooting dead a top cop on Belize after she was threatened with cocaine charges, according to local reports.
Jasmine Hartin — who was denied bail Monday — initially claimed San Pedro Superintendent Henry Jemmott had been shot dead early Friday by someone from a passing boat, police told 7 News Belize.
She then clammed up — but started cooperating when local authorities told her she would be charged with cocaine possession, the station said.
Jasmine Hartin confessed to Henry Jemmott’s fatal shooting only after being threatened with drug charges, reports said.Alaia Belize/YouTube
She then “provided a statement under caution,” Belize Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the station.
Officials investigate the fatal shooting.7NewsBelize
Henry Jemmott’s body was found in the water in Belize.7NewsBelize
Jasmine Hartin said she had been giving the top cop a massage while they were drinking together on a pier when she accidentally shot him.7NewsBelize
Hartin — a Canadian who lives in Belize with her husband, Lord Ashcroft’s son Andrew Ashcroft — said she had been giving the top cop a massage while they were drinking together on a pier when she accidentally shot him while handing him his service Glock pistol, local reports said.
He fell on her — and as she panicked to get him off, his body fell in the water, where it was found, police have said.
Jemmott’s family has raised doubts over her story, however, with one sister, assistant police superintendent Cherry Jemmott, saying that he “had a gunshot behind his ear like an assassination.”
The area where Henry Jemmott’s body was discovered.7NewsBelize
“He was a top cop. I don’t know how he let down his guard to be shot with his own gun,” she told the Daily Mail.
Sources also told 7 News Belize that the dead cop’s Glock had a trigger safety built into it, describing an accidental discharge as almost impossible.
However, the station noted that the charge Hartin faces — manslaughter by negligence — rarely carries a prison sentence and is more likely to end in a fine if she pleads guilty.
Jasmine Hartin, the daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, is charged with the death of Belize Superintendent Henry Jemmott (pictu
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FacebookAndrew Ashcroft, Jasmine Hartin’s husband, has been living in Belize for over 20 years.FacebookJasmine Ashcroft seen with a gun in a Facebook
photo.FacebookJasmine Hartin seen in another Facebook photo.Facebook
Hartin — the director of lifestyle and experience at the Alaia Belize, a luxury resort developed by her hubby — is being represented by one of the Central American nation’s top lawyers, former Attorney General Godfrey Smith.
By Lee Brown
June 1, 2021 | 7:52am | Updated
Think you live next door to a 'neighbor from hell'?
Jasmine Hartin began cooperating with authorities after they threatened to charge her with cocaine possession.
The socialite daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft only confessed to accidentally shooting dead a top cop on Belize after she was threatened with cocaine charges, according to local reports.
Jasmine Hartin — who was denied bail Monday — initially claimed San Pedro Superintendent Henry Jemmott had been shot dead early Friday by someone from a passing boat, police told 7 News Belize.
She then clammed up — but started cooperating when local authorities told her she would be charged with cocaine possession, the station said.
Jasmine Hartin confessed to Henry Jemmott’s fatal shooting only after being threatened with drug charges, reports said.Alaia Belize/YouTube
She then “provided a statement under caution,” Belize Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the station.
Officials investigate the fatal shooting.7NewsBelize
Hartin — a Canadian who lives in Belize with her husband, Lord Ashcroft’s son Andrew Ashcroft — said she had been giving the top cop a massage while they were drinking together on a pier when she accidentally shot him while handing him his service Glock pistol, local reports said.
He fell on her — and as she panicked to get him off, his body fell in the water, where it was found, police have said.
Jemmott’s family has raised doubts over her story, however, with one sister, assistant police superintendent Cherry Jemmott, saying that he “had a gunshot behind his ear like an assassination.”
The area where Henry Jemmott’s body was discovered.7NewsBelize
“He was a top cop. I don’t know how he let down his guard to be shot with his own gun,” she told the Daily Mail.
Sources also told 7 News Belize that the dead cop’s Glock had a trigger safety built into it, describing an accidental discharge as almost impossible.
However, the station noted that the charge Hartin faces — manslaughter by negligence — rarely carries a prison sentence and is more likely to end in a fine if she pleads guilty.
Jasmine Hartin, the daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, is charged with the death of Belize Superintendent Henry Jemmott (pictu
Hartin — the director of lifestyle and experience at the Alaia Belize, a luxury resort developed by her hubby — is being represented by one of the Central American nation’s top lawyers, former Attorney General Godfrey Smith.
