Socialite Jasmine Hartin is fined £30k but avoids jail after pleading guilty to shooting cop pal dead in Belize court

SOCIALITE Jasmine Hartin was fined £30,000 but avoided jail time after she shot her cop pal to death. It comes after the 33-year-old woman pleaded guilty to killing Belizean police superintendent Henry Jemmott in May 2021, last week. The US SunSocialite Jasmine Hartin was fined £30,000 but avoided jail time after she shot her cop pal to death[/caption] The US SunShe was seen emotional as she left the Belize Supreme Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter by negligence[/caption] Pixel8000Pictured is Henry Jemmott who was killed in 2021[/caption] Hartin initially denied responsibility over the death of Jemmott but has since entered a plea of manslaughter by negligence at Belize’s Supreme Court. And on Tuesday evening, Judge Ricardo Sandcroft sentenced the former daughter-in-law of British-Belizean billionaire Lord Ashcroft. As a result, the court also handed her 300 hours’ community service. Hartin must additionally record a video educating others about the ramifications of “drinking and making foolish decisions”. Jemmott was shot to death while he and Hartin were drinking together late at night on a pier in 2021, it was reported. The horrific ordeal unfolded on the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize’s largest island that known for its pristine Caribbean beaches. Hartin previously claimed the cop’s death was a “horrible accident”. She alleged Jemmott had offered to teach her how to use his Glock-17 pistol for her protection, the court heard. The Canadian socialite reportedly sobbed as she entered the guilty plea to manslaughter by negligence at the last-minute before her trial was due to take place. Last week, the court heard that the precedent in Belizean law is that a defendant who enters a guilty plea at this stage of a case will not face jail time but a fine instead. Prosecutors had prepared a file with additional evidence, which would have been presented if the case had gone to trial. Romit Wilson, Jemmott’s widow, claimed Hartin had conducted a “international PR campaign” throughout her case. The 39-year-old told the Daily Mail she was disgraced with Hartin’s behaviour. Romit said: “I have not given any interviews to any media houses since the day Henry was killed. “I have focused on our children, taking care of them and dealing with our grief. “My children and I have had to endure Ms Hartin recounting in interview after interview, in full documentaries even, details of that awful night, details of her friendship with Henry and even details about my relationship with Henry. “She said she pleaded guilty to not put us through the anguish of a trial. I wish she had also thought about that before her international PR campaign.” Leslie Mendez, the lawyer for the Jemmott family, criticised Hartin for allegedly trying to inject uncertainty over her plea, it was reported. Mendez said: “You cannot waffle on the veracity of your guilty plea and, at the same time, maintain you want the family to have peace and heal. “It is reprehensible to inject uncertainty into the public discourse and the minds of his family when what they want is the truth and justice.” A civil case is set to go before the courts in Belize at the conclusion of criminal proceedings against Hartin.