GUILTY Belize - Superintendent Henry Jemmott, shot/body in sea, San Pedro Town, 28 May 2021 *arrest*

[Ched]

I’m trying to catch up . Why has she changed lawyers ?

 

[dotr]

July 1 2021
Canadian socialite accused of killing Belize cop was 'thrown to wolves' | Toronto Sun
“From what I’ve been told by the family, they were instructed to distance themselves from me immediately. That they couldn’t have bad press associated with their reputation, so therefore, I wasn’t – I didn’t have any family come to visit me in jail, I didn’t have any family call me.”

She added: ‘Instead a couple of friends came to see me, but never once was I allowed to speak to the children during that time.”

According to The Times of London, paying her bail was pal Wendy Auxillou who claimed Hartin had been “thrown to the wolves” adding that the mother of two is “being psychologically and emotionally abused”.

 

[Satchie]

I find it weird that, inspite of being estranged from her husband, the Ashcroft family did not help Jasmine out with her bail money which would be peanuts for them and she is nevertheless the mother of the son's children.

Also that the only comment made by the Ashcroft's spokesman when news of the case emerged was to say they were not married..

Why she was denied access to her children?

We know from MSM that the Ashcroft dynasty has huge control in Belize, due to their wealth, investment, political involvement, ownership of banks, generous donations to the police etc.

Beats me why in a country where money and influence speak so loudly, they appear to have chosen this path, which in the end is not showing them in a very good light?

Al IMO, based on MSM available.

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Belize may be accused of corruption, but it's not something anyone is proud of, or brags about, or openly engages in. Especially not in such a high profile case where journalists are sniffing around for the slightest whiff of more scandal.

IMO, the Ashcrofts have no choice but to let her fend for herself, otherwise she could well bring them down with her.

 

[Steve13]

Hmmm. There's a lot more emoting and prejudice than earnest analysis on this topic, compared to some others I've read (see, for example, the extensive analysis at Spain - Esther Dingley, from UK, missing in the Pyrenees, November 2020). I know WS has a wise policy of not victim-blaming; in this case there appears to be no criminal victim and a reasonable analysis is impossible without considering where culpability lies.

A senior police officer, temporarily suspended from duties for reasons related to emotional well-being, gets very drunk and ends up in a remote and beautiful location with a young female acquaintance. The woman is high on drink and drugs. He hands her his weapon to play with. He gets one round through his head.

It seems entirely clear that this death occurred wholly as a consequence of the police officer's abominable negligence, and perhaps that of his superiors (re: the gun, his drinking that day, his leave and his emotional state). A young woman under the influence of drink and drugs clearly cannot be held liable for the consequences of having had a loaded weapon put into her hands by a police officer.

It really is immaterial whether there was some kind of tactility going on, or whether he assisted her in cocking the weapon and removing the safety, or acceded to it being pointed at him. But given that he was, literally, twice her size and appears to have been on top of her when the weapon went off, it should be child's play for a competent defence to fill in the blanks to the satisfaction of a jury.

Frankly, JH should not have been charged, let alone subjected to the victimisation she's presently experiencing. Belize is a better place than most, but this episode presents its cops and prosecutors in a terrible light.

Bullets found where Jasmine Hartin 'shot Belize policeman' convinced prosecutors 'it was accidental' | Daily Mail Online

 

[everybodhi]

Belize may be accused of corruption, but it's not something anyone is proud of, or brags about, or openly engages in. Especially not in such a high profile case where journalists are sniffing around for the slightest whiff of more scandal.
IMO, the Ashcrofts have no choice but to let her fend for herself, otherwise she could well bring them down with her.

She may actually come out better in a courtroom with the story that the rich and politically influential family has abandoned her.

 

[Steve13]

She may actually come out better in a courtroom with the story that the rich and politically influential family has abandoned her.

Here's the inescapable narrative in due course. A young woman under the influence of drink and drugs is handed a loaded weapon by a drunk and high police officer. Tragedy, unsurprisingly, ensues. Instead of caring for the mother of their children and grandchildren in her moment of need, the billionaire Ashcrofts abandon her, conduct a media campaign against her, use their vast influence in the country against her, have her thrown back in jail and denied access to her children, leak videos of her, take advantage of the situation to remove her children from their mother. There will be more than one major media production made about this and the Ashcrofts will be presented as monsters. They are making a terrible mistake; as is Belize unless the authorities accept the horror created by their own officer/s and drop all charges. Point to note re: government incompetence, by the way - Henry Jemmot's sister is a Police assistant superintendent and she is calling for the prosecution for murder of the woman her drugged and drunk brother handed his weapon to. Message? Family before police competence or impartiality. The Police commissioner has already described the case as a 'homicide'. Before trial. It's all absolutely extraordinary.

 

[dotr]

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/...s-her-finances-have-been-hacked-and-derailed/
July 6, 2021. rbbm.
''By Benjamin Flowers: The family of Canadian national Jasmine Hartin, who is charged with the manslaughter by negligence death of Police Superintendent Henry Jemmott and who has made international headlines since the story broke, is seeking the public’s assistance to raise money for her legal fees and be able to survive as the family alleges powerful forces are at work undermining her.

Hartin’s family set up the G page, explaining that she is unable to access her Canadian bank accounts because they have been hacked.

“The TD bank tried to help but found that her passwords were changed and monies frauded in the thousands using a g7 stroke key … high tech…..This will be fixed but takes time,” the family explained.''

 

[everybodhi]

Here's the inescapable narrative in due course. A young woman under the influence of drink and drugs is handed a loaded weapon by a drunk and high police officer. Tragedy, unsurprisingly, ensues. Instead of caring for the mother of their children and grandchildren in her moment of need, the billionaire Ashcrofts abandon her, conduct a media campaign against her, use their vast influence in the country against her, have her thrown back in jail and denied access to her children, leak videos of her, take advantage of the situation to remove her children from their mother. There will be more than one major media production made about this and the Ashcrofts will be presented as monsters. They are making a terrible mistake; as is Belize unless the authorities accept the horror created by their own officer/s and drop all charges. Point to note re: government incompetence, by the way - Henry Jemmot's sister is a Police assistant superintendent and she is calling for the prosecution for murder of the woman her drugged and drunk brother handed his weapon to. Message? Family before police competence or impartiality. The Police commissioner has already described the case as a 'homicide'. Before trial. It's all absolutely extraordinary.

I hope you're on her legal team because you should be paid for your fantastic defense!

 

[Steve13]

Yeah, but my top advice would be: If a drunk cop hands you his loaded and cocked sidearm and says to point it at him like in the movies because it'll be hilarious, just hand it right back to him and go to bed.

 

[genuineusa77]

Here's the inescapable narrative in due course. A young woman under the influence of drink and drugs is handed a loaded weapon by a drunk and high police officer. Tragedy, unsurprisingly, ensues. Instead of caring for the mother of their children and grandchildren in her moment of need, the billionaire Ashcrofts abandon her, conduct a media campaign against her, use their vast influence in the country against her, have her thrown back in jail and denied access to her children, leak videos of her, take advantage of the situation to remove her children from their mother. There will be more than one major media production made about this and the Ashcrofts will be presented as monsters. They are making a terrible mistake; as is Belize unless the authorities accept the horror created by their own officer/s and drop all charges. Point to note re: government incompetence, by the way - Henry Jemmot's sister is a Police assistant superintendent and she is calling for the prosecution for murder of the woman her drugged and drunk brother handed his weapon to. Message? Family before police competence or impartiality. The Police commissioner has already described the case as a 'homicide'. Before trial. It's all absolutely extraordinary.

I thought they(Ashcrofts) would be welcoming her back with open arms. She should be married to him (Andrew).

 

[everybodhi]

Yeah, but my top advice would be: If a drunk cop hands you his loaded and cocked sidearm and says to point it at him like in the movies because it'll be hilarious, just hand it right back to him and go to bed.

Good advice but I would have started even earlier, never drink and do cocaine on the end of a pier with a cop taking a vacation from his family.

 

[BrownRice]

Good advice but I would have started even earlier, never drink and do cocaine on the end of a pier with a cop taking a vacation from his family.

Or maybe never drink and do cocaine.

 

[everybodhi]

Or maybe never drink and do cocaine.

Every decision from the get go was just wrong.

 

[Steve13]

Or maybe never drink and do cocaine.

Drinking and doing cocaine is the national sport in Belize. People have certain cultural rights.

 

[dotr]

Yeah, but my top advice would be: If a drunk cop hands you his loaded and cocked sidearm and says to point it at him like in the movies because it'll be hilarious, just hand it right back to him and go to bed.

Thinking about scenarios in which a person engages in certain activities in order to facilitate a ''suicide by cop.'' death.
Wonder if that kind of (perhaps subconscious) thinking ever occurs in reverse?
speculation, imo. rbbm.
Various snippets..
Close friends says Supt. Henry Jemmott died a happy man - The San Pedro Sun
''According to Arceo, Jemmott was in high spirits, contrary to reports that he was sad and stressed.''

Parallel shooting deaths of senior police officers; different charges levied - The San Pedro Sun
''Over the past three years, two police officers have allegedly been accidentally killed with their own service pistols in San Pedro Town. Both were fatally shot after midnight while socializing. One incident took place in January 2019 involving Corporal Alfonso Guy, and recently Police Superintendent Henry Jemmott was shot dead with his service weapon''
''According to then Officer in Charge on the island Superintendent Reymundo Reyes, Alfonso was socializing with a gentleman named Danilo Villatoro. Reyes told the media that Villatoro had been playing with Guy’s issued service gun when he allegedly pulled the trigger. Guy received a gunshot to his chest''

''When she had enough practice, Jemmott supposedly took the bullets and placed them next to him. Hartin reportedly placed the weapon with the magazine clipped inside next to her. Jemmott then said his shoulder was sore, and Hartin began giving him a massage. He asked her to hand him the magazine to reload it. According to unofficial reports, as she tried to get it out, the gun suddenly went off. Apparently, they both forgot that a bullet was still in the chamber. Jemmott was shot behind his right ear.''

Police chief allegedly shot by Jasmine Hartin was 'drunk' day he died
''The father of five had been on a five-day leave from his job at the time for “personal” reasons, the newspaper reported.''

TOM LEONARD: New details about the socialite and her police chief drinking buddy | Daily Mail Online
''Perhaps most memorably, he was also arguably the toughest policeman in the country.
'That's the big irony: a single blonde appears to have been able to kill him when no criminal gang in Belize would have dared try it on with 'Big Hog' Henry,' his best friend, chef Sean Kuylen, tells the Mail, using one of Mr Jemmott's many size-related nicknames.''

''Whatever the case, all kinds of rumours are circulating around San Pedro and Belize about the relationship between Ms Hartin and Mr Jemmott.

An unnamed friend of Mr Jemmott has claimed the policeman — whose marital status on Facebook was 'single' — told him he was going on a date on the night he died, and that he would take the woman's identity 'to the grave'. ''

 

[swedeheart]

Lord Ashcroft's son is accused by 'cop-killer' ex-partner of taking their children out of Belize | Daily Mail Online

Lord Ashcroft's son has taken his two children out of Belize, his ex-partner Jasmine Hartin has claimed.

Canadian socialite Jasmine, 32, was released on bail last week as she awaited trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott, a 42-year-old father-of-five, with his own service pistol in May. She has claimed it was an accident.

Speaking to The Times, Hartin said Andrew Ashcroft, 43, flew out of Belize with their two children and nanny on June 28, but she only found out this week when she video called the children.

 

[Nanceedroo]

Lord Ashcroft's son has taken his two children out of Belize, his ex-partner Jasmine Hartin has claimed.

Canadian socialite Jasmine, 32, was released on bail last week as she awaited trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott, a 42-year-old father-of-five, with his own service pistol in May. She has claimed it was an accident.

Speaking to The Times, Hartin said Andrew Ashcroft, 43, flew out of Belize with their two children and nanny on June 28, but she only found out this week when she video called the children.

Well, this is definitely getting ugly. None of us really know what happened on the pier that night, and I think there should be a trial, but I thought the Ashcroft family would at least help her with her defense. Everyone is entitled to a defense.

Sounds like he’s taken the kids and started an ugly PR campaign against her.

 

[Steve13]

Am I misunderstanding this site in some way? I definitely didn't make the post I'm replying to here. I don't disagree with it; it's just that I didn't post it. Can admin explain?

 

[ElementalLaura]

Hi Steve13, You quoted a post with broken quote brackets and didn’t add your own wording. Sometimes when that happens, the site will read a broken quote as your quote. I deleted the post you are referring to and fixed the quotes in the previous post. You are good to go!

 

[dotr]

One year before death on the pier, Hartin had gun accident | Channel5Belize.com
July 8 2021
''But last week, videos surfaced of her expertly using a shotgun to hit watermelons. Now, a witness has come forward to say that he was there when Hartin accidentally discharged a firearm, a full year before Jemmott’s death. That incident, as News Five’s Paul Lopez found out during an interview today in San Pedro, took place during the COVID lockdown at Grand Colony in May of 2020. ''

''Ray Thompson, Maintenance Worker, Grand Colony

“We had an ex-security guard, he is no longer here, he is just temporary. He was a licensed security guard. He was cleaning his firearm, and I don’t know from where exactly Ms. Hartin came, the boss lady. And she just asked if she could clean her weapon also. And she went back, got her weapon, came to the unit and they both started cleaning their weapons. At this time, I was over at the long bench lying down, almost dozing off. Because, like I said, I do not have a gun, I am not experienced with guns, so I just kept my corner. So, I guess they were just cleaning. All of a sudden, I heard a bang. When I heard that bang, I just lift up my head. The boss man reached out quick. When I looked over, I just saw them standing there in shock, both of them, and like I say I left after that. I had no words with no one about anything, and that was about it.”