Ashcroft’s daughter-in-law, Jasmine Harting, can escape prison with a fine after being convicted of manslaughter in a Belize police shooting
The daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft was charged with manslaughter in the death of a Belize police officer and may avoid imprisonment and may be fined.
On Friday, after the body of Henry Jemmott was found in the sea near San Pedro, 38-year-old socialite Jasmine Hartin faced manslaughter.
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Henry Germot’s body was found floating on the sea near San PedroCredit: San Pedro Sun
According to reports, 42-year-old Germot was shot and killed while drinking with Lord Ashcroft’s daughter-in-law and wounded to the head like an assassination, his sister Mary Germot Zul told the media Daily mail.
Updated: 11:23 ET, Jun 1 2021
THE daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft only confessed to accidentally shooting dead a police officer in Belize after being threatened with cocaine charges, local reports say.
Socialite Jasmine Hartin, 38, is facing manslaughter by negligence charges after the body of Henry Jemmott was found floating in the sea near San Pedro on Friday.
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The pier where the fatal shot was fired is pictured aboveCredit: San Pedro Sun
Hartin was initially uncooperative with investigators after her arrest, however, she started talking after officers threatened to charge her with cocaine possession, 7 News Belize reported.
Police sources claim the mother-of-two was found to have 0.4 grams of the drug on her person, which is punishable by up to two years in prison and carries a maximum fine of $36,000.