Lord Ashcroft's son's ex-partner Jasmine Hartin avoids jail time after killing Belize police officer

Victim’s family accuses Hartin of running an ‘international PR campaign’ that forced them to repeatedly endure ‘details of that awful night’

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
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Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin will serve no time in prison for killing a high-ranking Belize police official in what she said was an accidental shooting.

The 34-year-old socialite, who has two children with the son of British billionaire Lord Ashcroft, was fined $75,000 for the crime of manslaughter by negligence.

Hartin must also complete 300 hours of community service and record a video teaching the public about the dangers of “drinking and making foolish decisions”, the Supreme Court in Belize City ordered, according to the Daily Mail.

Judge Ricardo Sandcroft reportedly disqualified Hartin from possession of any licence for two years.

"... it is the biggest fine ever, okay, so the case law clearly shows that significantly more than anything which has ever been handed down for a matter like this," Hartin's lawyer Orson “OJ” Elrington told Channel 5 Belize.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jasmine-hartin-manslaughter-belize-officer-b2349363.html