48 Hours: Where Is Jasmine Hartin Today? When Is Andrew Ashcroft’s Wife Trial?

Just after midnight in May 2021, authorities found 32-year-old Jasmine Hartin pacing on a blood-covered pier outside the five-bedroom apartment.

Hartin went to Belize in 2014 and quickly established himself in the local social scene. A year later, when she started dating Andrew Ashcroft, her life was completely changed.

According to Hartin, although seeming to have it all, she and Ashcroft were actually leading separate lives as a result of issues in their marriage.

Jasmine Hartin

48 Hours: Where Is Jasmine Hartin Today?

Jasmine Hartin recently consented to a “48 Hours” interview in order to talk about the incident in which she shot and killed a senior government official in Belize.

On Saturday, July 30 at 10/9c, “Jasmine Hartin’s Shot in the Dark,” her interview with “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant, aired on CBS and Paramount+.

Hartin claims that on May 22, 2021, she was at a party about 70 miles from her home when a guy reportedly followed her into a room and started acting violently against her.

She generated a lot of interest online at the end of May thanks to many headlines.

She was found after midnight, bloodied on a deserted pier, close to the opulent beachside property she lived with her partner Andrew Ashcroft, the son of a British tycoon.

According to Hartin, she pushed the man away and then dialled her “protector,” Henry Jemmott. According to Hartin, Jemmott drove an hour to bring her up and suggested she get a weapon for protection in the future.

She asserts that prior to presenting her his Glock 17, Jemmott even permitted her to “get a feel” for it.

Just off the dock, in the Caribbean Sea, was the shot-and-drifting police superintendent.

According to Cherisse Halsall, a reporter for Belize Channel 7 and a CBS News consultant, Hartin initially told authorities that Jemmott had been killed by an unidentified assailant.

Jasmine Hartin Trial & Belize Prison

Jasmine Hartin was eventually granted bail after being accused of willfully causing death.

Henry Jemmott’s family is sure that something much more sinister was the real cause of his death.

In an interview with a lawyer while still in detention, Hartin reportedly admitted to accidently firing the fatal shot, according to CBS news.

A full moon rose over the steamy Caribbean night as Hartin and Jemmott had a private conversation.

She claims that they were sipping whiskey on Jemmott’s seaside balcony and admiring the stars when they made the decision to walk down and sit on the pier.

Belizean detectives have not made the forensics and other paperwork in the case against Jasmine Hartin publicly accessible, and no trial date has been set.

For negligent manslaughter in Belize, Hartin might be given a term of up to five years in prison, but she could also just be fined.

What Happened To Jasmine Hartin Kids?

According to the SAN PEDRO SUN, legal custody of Jasmine Hartin’s twin children was granted to her ex-partner Andrew Ashcroft on May 25, 2022. The hearing took place in the Family Court in Belize City.

Hartin wasn’t present, but her lawyer has already urged the Supreme Court to reverse the judgement because of alleged bias.

According to a person close to Hartin, neither she nor the attorney had been invited to the court hearing or informed of its existence.

According to reports, in light of the most recent accusations, Hartin and her attorney requested that Dale Cayetano, the head of Family Court, step down from the case.

This did not happen, and Cayetano continued to preside over the case. The most recent ruling denies Hartin visiting rights, and her lawyer claims prejudice.