A British billionaire’s daughter-in-law is expected to be charged Monday in the death of a Belize police official, according to a report.
Jasmine Hartin, 38, a US national who is married to the son of politically connected businessman Lord Michael Ashcroft, is being held in the Friday morning shooting death of San Pedro Superintendent Henry Jemmott.
Jemmott’s sister, Marie Jemmott Tzul, 55, told the Daily Mail on Sunday night that Hartin will be charged in his death.
“I got a call. I was informed that she will be charged tomorrow, but they did not say what she was going to be charged with,” Tzul told the news outlet.
Hartin and Jemmott were drinking and socializing on a pier before his body was found floating in the water with a bullet wound to the head and his service weapon nearby, police said.
The suspect had “blood on her arms and clothes” before being arrested, according to The Sun.
She initially refused to cooperate with investigators and asked for her lawyer, Belize Police Commissioner Chester Williams said.
An unconfirmed local TV report suggested that Hartin would be charged with manslaughter after she told authorities the Glock handgun went off accidentally as she handed it to Jemmott, 42, the Daily Mail reported.
She told investigators she was giving Jemmott a massage before the freak accident,…
