Jasmine Hartin detained at Belize-Mexico border after paying fine for killing ... trends now
Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin has been detained at a border post after trying to leave Belize following her sentencing for killing a police officer.
Hartin, 34, had avoided prison time but was ordered to pay $75,000 Belize dollars ($37,000) after she shot and killed father-of-five Henry Jemmott, 42, in 2021.
She has said she had been drinking with Jemmott and was being taught how to use his gun when it went off by accident, killing him.
Her lawyer said Saturday she had now paid the fine and wished to 'express her sincere regret and remorse to the Jemmott family for the loss of their beloved Henry'.
But after sending the money to her lawyer, a court official refused to return her passport, a spokesperson for Hartin said. She was issued an emergency travel document and tried to cross from Santa Elena into Mexico on Tuesday at 12:30pm.
Louisa Chiaramonte, Hartin's spokesperson, said the mother-of-two was taken to a room by a border agent to be questioned, accused of falsifying the travel document.
Local media suggested Belize's police commissioner, Chester Williams, had intervened to stop her from 'abscond' the country, according to The Times.
Jasmine Hartin is seen shopping at a local fruit stand in Belize. The Canadian socialite was spotted wearing a black dress and a straw hat during the solo outing on May 24 2023
Henry Jemmott, the police chief who was shot by Hartin, pictured with his family, widow Romit Wilson and children from left: Henry Jemmott III, Jemarie Jemmott, Keyannie Jemmott
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