Sunday 19 June 2022 03:43 PM Jasmine Hartin tells Piers Morgan she is 'not a murderer' after she shot Belize ... trends now
The former partner of billionaire Lord Ashcroft's son has claimed she is 'definitely not a murderer' after she shot dead a police chief in the tropical paradise of Belize.
Jasmine Hartin, 33, admitted she shot Superintendent Henry Jemmott when his gun went off by accident while she handled it as they had a late-night drink together on a pier in May last year.
The Canadian-born socialite claimed she 'doesn't remember touching the trigger of the weapon' and suggested the gun could have gone off because it was 'rusty'.
Hartin, who is charged with manslaughter by negligence, said: 'It don't ever remember touching the trigger of the weapon, But I was holding it when it went off.
'I’m not sure if it was a faulty weapon or not. I really can’t tell you how it went off.'
In a sensational interview with TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan, set to air later today, Hartin insisted she and Supt Jemmott were only friends rather than lovers, even though her relationship with Lord Ashcroft's son Andrew was disintegrating at the time and they were 'sleeping separately'.
Jasmine Hartin, 33, (pictured) has claimed she is 'definitely not a murderer' after she shot dead a police chief in the tropical paradise of Belize
Hartin admitted she shot Superintendent Henry Jemmott (pictured) when his gun went off by accident while she handled it as they had a late-night drink together on a pier in May last year
Lord Ashcroft's son Andrew, 44, (left) and his former partner Jasmine Hartin (right) who has been charged with manslaughter in Belize
Ashcroft and Hartin jointly ran the luxurious Alaia Belize Hotel on the resort island of Ambergris Caye off Belize's Caribbean coast
She said the Belizean police chief had earlier shown her his Glock 17 pistol while advising her to get a gun to defend herself because he 'believed she needed protection'.
She claimed he wanted her to 'practise unloading and reloading' the weapon and told her to 'get familiar with it'.
Hartin said: 'I thought it was empty. The only time I handled the weapon was at the very end when Henry asked me to pass it to him.'
The mother-of-two claimed that Supt Jemmott had invited her and partner Andrew, 44, the son of the former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, for a drink.
But she went alone to meet up with him after Andrew opted for an early night in their apartment in San Pedro on the holiday island of Ambergris Caye off Belize.
