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Jasmine Hartin ‘swore at officers when they wouldn’t let her smoke or access pills’ and is ONLY white inmate in jail
JASMINE Hartin “swore at officers when they wouldn’t let her smoke or access pills” and is the ONLY white inmate in jail, claims an ex-inmate.
The socialite, 38, remains in custody after being charged in Belize with manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of a police superintendent.
The daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft, Jasmine Hartin[/caption]
The body of cop Henry Jemmott was found floating near San Pedro, Belize[/caption]
Hartin, the daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft, was detained following the discovery of the body of Henry Jemmott on a dock in San Pedro.
The mother-of-two has insisted she shot Jemmott by accident. He had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.
Police Commissioner Chester Williams had previously said a single gunshot was heard and upon investigating, police found a female on a pier, and she had what appeared to be blood on her arms and on her clothing.
The gun involved belonged to Jemmott.
An inmate, ‘Jose’, has now claimed to have seen Hartin with blood on her clothes when she was taken into custody at San Pedro police station last Friday.
The sicko also said that he had “applauded” her upon learning that she had allegedly killed a cop, and praised her for being “the first lady here” to allegedly do so.
Hartin smiled in response, as “the rest of the guys applauded her and said you have guts to do something like that”, he told the Daily Mail.
She is the American wife of Andrew Ashcroft, 43[/caption]
He told the paper that she was allegedly “p***ed off” and swearing at the cops because she wanted to smoke a cigarette and recalled her allegedly saying she needed “my f***ing pills”.
Jose explained that he was pleased to hear of the cop’s death, as he had previously searched him for drugs, and had evicted him from the island back in 2019.
Jose, 48, had been in custody after being breaching a Covid curfew, he added.
He said: “I asked her ‘did you do it’, she said ‘no’. She just told me a boat passed and shot him.
“I asked how blood was on her clothes and she told me the guy dropped on her. She said he fell on her and she shook him off.
“I wanted to know what was going on between them. She said they were friends. Lovers? ‘No’.”
Jose also expressed his surprise at seeing a wealthy white woman in custody in Belize.
The scorpion-infested jail where she is being held stands in sharp contrast to the luxury lifestyle she’s used to.
Now housed in one of the world’s toughest prisons, her cell is is a world away from the world of boutique hotels and champagne.
Hartin alleged that she had been giving Henry Jemmott a massage on a pier after a boozy night out when she attempted to hand his service pistol, a Glock, back to him and it suddenly fired.
Police Superintendent Henry Jemmott, whose body was found[/caption]
The Canadian-born woman is a former high-end estate agent who sold luxury properties to wealthy foreigners drawn by Belize’s stunning beaches.
Lord Ashcroft – whose net worth is estimated at £2.1billion – is a major property owner in the central American country, where he has been based since the early 1980s.
Hartin and husband Andrew, 43, recently opened the Alaia Belize Autograph Collection luxury resort.
It offers “masterfully crafted” holiday villas that feature beachside terraces, private plunge pools and a concierge service with rates starting starts at $2,239 a night.
If convicted, Hartin faces a maximum five years’ prison the Daily Mail reports.
The paper also claims that alternatively, if found guilty, punishment could just be a fine of about $10,000.
Jemmott was found with a single gunshot wound to the head on the beach south of San Pedro Town[/caption]
Hartin’s attorney, Godfrey Smith, said: “The charge is manslaughter by negligence. Bail has been denied. We appeal to the Supreme Court as is normal.”
After Hartin was taken into custody last Friday, police complained that she was allegedly “not helping” as they tried to investigate what had happened.
The devastated sister of the dead cop has demanded she face a murder charge instead of manslaughter by negligence.
Marie Jemmott Tzul, who is currently looking after her brother’s five kids, said: “I am disappointed in the police department and that’s not only my opinion but it’s a consensus of my family, his friends and the general Belizean people.”
She also told 7 News Belize: “I had faith in all the police department.
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“It’s one of their own and… with due respect to them, I think they should have took that to court as murder and let the court decide.
“That’s my humble and honest opinion.
“It’s a big disrespect to my brother who have served for 23 years plus and if it was anybody in his shoes, if the tables were turned, they would have done the correct thing.”
