Jasmine Hartin says she did NOTHING wrong as she's detained in Belize
EXCLUSIVE: Socialite Jasmine Hartin insists she did NOTHING wrong after being detained at Belize border for ‘trying to abscond’ as she is forced to strip down to bra and panties as she is locked in sweltering jail with the country’s most wanted criminals
- Jasmine Hartin has been detained at a border post after trying to leave Belize following her trial for killing police officer Henry Jemmott in May 2021
- DailyMail.com can reveal that she’s locked up in a sweltering jail where she was forced to strip down to her underwear in an attempt to stay cool
- Her lawyers have hit back at the claims she tried to abscond and DailyMail.com has obtained copies of her Canadian travel documents
Socialite Jasmine Hartin was locked up in a sweltering Belizean jail alongside some of the Central American nation’s most wanted criminals Wednesday as her lawyers hit back against claims she tried to abscond, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
The heat was so much she was forced to strip to her bra and panties inside the lock-up, according to police sources.
The convicted cop killer insists she did nothing wrong when she tried to cross into Mexico on Tuesday on a Canadian-issued travel-document but was taken into custody in the crime-plagued border town of Corozal.
Initial reports suggested Hartin, 34, a Canadian citizen, was arrested for trying to flee Belize without paying the fine of $75,000 Belizean dollars – $37,000 US – dished out to her for accidentally shooting dead superintendent Henry Jemmott in May 2021.
But when Hartin produced a trove of docs demonstrating that she had wired the funds to her lawyer in accordance with court instructions, authorities instead began to probe the travel document she obtained from the Canadian consulate, it is claimed.
Jasmine Hartin has been detained at a border post after trying to leave Belize following her trial for killing police officer Henry Jemmott in May 2021
DailyMail.com obtained exclusive copies of the Canadian travel documents to illustrate their authenticity. Hartin surrendered her passport in the wake of Jemmott’s killing but has not yet been handed it back
DailyMail.com can reveal that she’s locked up in a sweltering jail where she was forced to strip down to her underwear in an attempt to stay cool
Hartin’s supporters were racing to pay the fine in cash Wednesday in an effort to secure her release which they say was unlawful and yet another instance of the glamorous mother-of-two being mistreated by Belizean authorities.
Hartin had avoided prison time but was ordered to pay $37,000 after she shot and killed father-of-five Henry Jemmott, 42, in 2021
They also supplied DailyMail.com with exclusive copies of the Canadian travel documents to illustrate their authenticity. Hartin surrendered her passport in the wake of Jemmott’s killing but has not yet been handed it back.
In the meantime, police sources told DailyMail.com that Hartin was forced to strip down to her underwear this morning in an attempt to stay cool as temperatures in Corozal soared to 92F.
The tiny town jail has a handful of grim, concrete cells, several of which are currently occupied by suspects in the execution-style murder of a young father in nearby Libertad village.
Kurtis Usher was gunned down Monday on his doorstep as gangsters unloaded assault rifles into his home, grazing his three-year-old son Kayjay as he was bravely shielded by Usher’s partner Jasmine Williamson.
The same crew are suspected of trying to murder another couple a day later when they sprayed their home and car with bullets. The couple managed to duck and survive the onslaught of .223 rounds.
The Corozal police department was also mired in scandal in August of last year when bungling officers forgot to unload a prisoner from their van in ‘extreme heat.’
But the time they realized their mistake – some 13 hours later – Derrick Uh, 20, who had been arrested for grabbing a woman’s buttocks, had died from heat stroke.
Jasmine Hartin is seen shopping at a fruit stand in Belize last month
Hartin is pictured in Belize jail while she was locked up awaiting trial for the killing of Jemmott
Henry Jemmott, the police chief who was shot by Hartin, pictured with his family, widow Romit Wilson and children from left: Henry, Jemarie and Keyannie
Jemmott was killed by a shot to the head while he and Hartin were drinking together late at night on a pier in 2021, near a luxury hotel owned by her then-partner Andrew Ashcroft on the island of Ambergris Caye.
Hartin’s former partner Andrew Ashcroft has said Hartin was ‘very drunk’ on the night of the incident.
Hartin claimed Jemmott had offered to teach her how to use his Glock-17 pistol for her protection.
She wept in court as she entered a guilty plea to manslaughter by negligence at the last-minute before her trial was due to take place.
Jemmott’s widow Romit Wilson, 39, criticized Hartin’s behavior throughout the court case, accusing the socialite of conducting an ‘international PR campaign’.
Wilson, who had three children with Jemmott, broke her silence to tell DailyMail.com Hartin had sought to portray herself as the victim.
She previously said: ‘I have not given any interviews to any media houses since the day Henry was killed.
While on bail awaiting trial, Hartin gave several interviews in print and on camera. She has also featured in the documentary One Bullet in Belize on US streaming service Discovery+.
Hartin has described in graphic detail how she ‘accidentally’ shot the officer as they enjoyed a late-night drink. She said she ‘wriggled out’ from under the heavily built officer and was left covered in his blood.
Her former partner Ashcroft, the son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ascroft, has said Hartin was ‘very drunk’ on the night of the incident.
Ashcroft’s claims contradicted Hartin’s assertion she had only consumed a few drinks and was not intoxicated on the night Jemmott was killed.
The couple separated shortly after the incident and have since been embroiled in a bitter custody battle over their twin children.
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