The infamous socialite convicted of accidentally shooting dead a Belize police chief fears she could go back to jail for failing to complete her community service, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Jasmine Hartin was given a year to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work at the YMCA in dangerous Belize City after pleading guilty to the negligent homicide of Superintendent Henry Jemmott.
But when the blonde mother of two contacted the nonprofit to offer her services, she says staff seemed clueless about the court order, leaving her in legal limbo.
Hartin, 34, insists he has spent the past 11 months harassing both the YMCA and its sister organization, the YWCA, but neither will give him a job before the May 31 deadline.
The confusion leaves her facing the wrath of the Supreme Court of Belize for not completing a single minute of the punishment meted out to her for shooting Jemmott in the head while they were fiddling with his service weapon.
Jasmine Hartin was given one year to perform 300 hours of community service at a YMCA in Belize City after pleading guilty to negligent homicide.
Hartin appears in the photo with his ex-partner and mother of his two children, Andrew Ashcroft. She tells DailyMail.com that she “has no interest in having a love life.”
‘It’s not for lack of trying. I have all the messages and emails that prove that I have tried. “I’m still actively trying, but I’m getting nowhere,” an exasperated Hartin told DailyMail.com.
‘Arresting me for failure to comply with this order when it is entirely due to your lack of protocol would be shameful.
“It is always a concern, the Belizean authorities have shown that they can unfairly strip me of my freedom any time they wish.”
Hartin, whose former partner Andrew Ashcroft is the son of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft, still faces a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Jemmott’s family.
And he continues to fight for custody of his seven-year-old twins, who now reside in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where Andrew is working on a new hotel project.
Giving an update on his life last year, Hartin said he had been living between Belize and the Turks and Caicos Islands, where he is working on a sustainable housing project.
‘I’m with my mom. I feel much calmer. “I’ve been recovering from all the trauma of everything that happened,” she told DailyMail.com.
‘I am pursuing a new development in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I have no time or interest in having a love life or a personal life right now. I’m very married to my children.’
Hartin enjoyed an opulent expatriate lifestyle until Jemmott, 42, was found floating dead in the Caribbean Sea in May 2021.
The father of five was killed by a gunshot to the head while enjoying a late-night drink on a secluded dock near the Ashcrofts’ five-star Alaia Belize hotel on the island of Ambergris Caye.
Hartin has always insisted that the Glock 17 was fired by accident while Jemmott, a close friend considered the future leader of his nation’s police force, was demonstrating how to use a gun for protection.
The Canadian was arrested several times over the shooting, and again in May 2022, when she was accused of trying to orchestrate “hits” against Belize Police Commissioner Chester Williams and the magistrate overseeing their child custody battle. .
Police later admitted those allegations lacked evidence and in April last year Hartin believed the worst of his legal troubles were behind him when he pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter to avoid a prison sentence.
Hartin, 34, insists he has spent the past 11 months harassing the YMCA, but says the organization will not give him a job before the May 31 deadline.
‘I’m with my mom. I feel much calmer. “I’ve been recovering from all the trauma of everything that happened,” Hartin told DailyMail.com. She is pictured with her mother.
He says he paid the $75,000 (US$37,000) fine imposed by Judge Ricardo Sandcroft, which was a record sum for a criminal case in Belize.
He also recorded an audio clip discussing the “dangers of drinking and making foolish decisions” that will be turned into a public service video describing the dangers of mixing alcohol and firearms.
But it was when he contacted executive director Clara Cuellar and other top YMCA officials to begin his community service that Hartin says he failed.
‘I contacted the YMCA in Belize City directly on numerous occasions. No one would contact me,’ he insisted.
‘They have no idea that I have to perform any kind of community service in their establishment.
‘They are an NGO. They don’t work for the government and until they have a court order, they won’t accept me for community service.’
It was a similar story when Hartin contacted a YWCA manager in Belmopan, the capital of Belize, to offer his services, he says.
‘I have no time or interest in having a love life or a personal life right now. “I’m very married to my kids,” Hartin told DailyMail.com.
“He said he needed the court’s approval since my order says YMCA, not YWCA,” Hartin added.
‘We have contacted the Supreme Court registrar and two judges, but to no avail. We sent another email last week asking for guidance.
“Everyone has given us the runaround. I have complied with all court orders, except community service, because I cannot do it.’
Hartin’s account coincides with an October 2023 report from 7 News Belize that said Cuellar was never notified that she worked there.
When asked for comment, Cuellar told the station that he had no idea what they were talking about and that he knew “nothing” about Hartin’s case.
The socialite’s lawyer, Arthur Saldivar, told DailyMail.com that it was the first time the Supreme Court of Belize had offered community service and there did not appear to be any established procedure to make it work.
‘We are trying to ensure that this does not apply. There’s no point in keeping her hostage. “The court has made a mistake,” she stated.
Hartin still faces a common assault and drug possession charge stemming from the 2021 shooting, but denies both offences, which are punishable by fines.
The YMCA of Belize City and the Supreme Court did not respond to requests for comment.