Socialite Jasmine Hartin Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Belize Cop Shooting
Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin pleaded guilty to manslaughter by negligence on Tuesday, nearly three years after accidentally shooting a Belize police superintendent in the head with his own gun. The plea, submitted just before a trial was slated to begin, ends a lengthy saga that had captivated the Central American nation.
Hartin, the former daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, reportedly wept as she declared herself guilty in the killing of police superintendent Henry Jemmott. “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,” she said after leaving the courtroom.
According to Hartin’s account of the tragic shooting, she and Jemmott walked to a pier in May 2021 in San Pedro, Belize, after drinking cinnamon whiskey together. She said Jemmott let her handle his Glock 17, as he thought she needed to learn how to operate a firearm to protect herself. (Jemmott’s sister, Cherry, previously told CBS she believed her brother “would never do a thing like that.”)
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