The punishment for manslaughter in Belize can be ‘life’ in prison – up to 25 years – in the Belizean criminal system. He also holds Belizean citizenship and was once its representative before the United Nations. Hartin was charged last summer in the fatal shooting of Belize Police. From investigation they were alone on the pier and yes they were both fully clothed,” he said.Īccording to the Associated Press, Hartin is the partner of Andrew Ashcroft, son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party and a major financial backer. The Canadian socialite and estranged daughter-in-law of billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft has insisted in an interview. From what we have been made to understand they were drinking. “From what we know is that they are friends. Hartin was charged on May 31, three days after she was initially detained. The Commissioner also said that the incident “seems rather personal” and not an attack. A popular Canadian socialite, Jasmine Hartin has been arrested and charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of Belize Superintendent Henry Jemmott. EXCLUSIVE: Socialite Jasmine Hartin is arrested AGAIN while reporting to a Belizean police station after being warned that her bail could be revoked over. Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin claims she was abandoned by the mega-wealthy Ashcroft family because they’re terrified of bad press. Photo by JASMINE HARTIN / LINKEDIN Article content. Jemmott,” he told a news conference Friday. .uk - Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin has been pictured in jail after she was charged with manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of. Originally from Eastern Ontario, socialite Jasmine Hartin is now in jail charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a police superintendent. “A firearm was also seen on the pier that has been retrieved and we have learned that the firearm belonged to the police and was assigned to Mr. Hartin initially claimed Jemmott had been shot by someone from a passing boat but changed her story after authorities told her she would be charged with cocaine possession as well.Williams said a single gunshot was heard “and upon investigating, police found the female on a pier, and she had what appeared to be blood on her arms and on her clothing.” Jemmott's lifeless body was found floating nearby in the water. She was charged with manslaughter by negligence after police said they found her with blood on her clothing and arms near a dock. She had been held at the notoriously tough Belize Central Prison for more than a week following her arrest. Hartin was initially arrested on charges of shooting and killing Belizean police officer Henry Jemmott following a night of drinking. Jasmine Hartin, the wealthy socialite charged with the shooting death of a top Belize cop, is reportedly seen on video berating her longtime partner and accusing him of denying her access to their. 'I'm being detained for an unknown reason,' she said, while her mother, Candice Castiglione, called the charges 'bogus.' Hartin said Thursday that she had done nothing wrong. Hartin appeared at Grand Colony Resort behaving in a disorderly and abusive manner and creating great disturbance at the hotel in the presence of guests,' Habet wrote. The incident prompted Habet, the resort manager of Grand Colony, to pull his support and his funds. LORD ASHCROFT'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW GRANTED BAIL IN SHOOTING DEATH OF POLICE OFFICER Hartin allegedly took the video herself and can be heard repeatedly asking Andrew Ashcroft why he was denying her access to their 4-year-old twins Ellie and Charlie. Video emerged of the mother of two chasing her common-law husband, Andrew Ashcroft, the son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, into the neighboring Alaia Belize hotel. Hartin tried to access her family apartment at the Grand Colony Resort to see her young children. Lawyers for Jasmine Hartin, the Canadian socialite accused of killing a Belizean police officer, were working on Monday to secure funds for her release after her original bail backer told the court he was afraid she wouldn't show up for trial.įrank Habet, a former associate of Hartin's, told the court he could no longer cover her $30,000 bail because of her erratic actions following her first release. The high-profile family of a Canadian socialite charged in the shooting death of a Belize police officer has not visited her since she was taken to a notoriously tough Central America prison.