Billionaire’s daughter-in-law transferred to Belize prison after being charged in death of top cop
Hartin, who is being charged with manslaughter by negligence, was denied bail Monday
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Socialite Jasmine Hartin was transferred to the Belize Central Prison on Tuesday, after she was charged with accidentally shooting dead a prominent local police officer.
Images published by The Daily Mail show Hartin — the daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft — being led out of a stifling San Pedro police station.
She had been held at the station — in a tiny concrete cell which a local described as "hell on earth" — since first being brought in for questioning after Friday’s fatal shooting of San Pedro Superintendent Henry Jemmott.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hartin, 32, was denied bail at her arraignment on Monday evening on a charge of manslaughter by negligence.
Her lawyers were unable to successfully appeal the decision of a local magistrate, who ruled the mom of two was a flight risk.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Wearing jeans, a red hoodie, flip flops and a black face mask, the petite blonde carried a plastic bag that obscured her handcuffs, according to the outlet.
She kept her head bowed and stayed silent as reporters yelled out questions, in footage of her transfer posted by 7 News Belize.
Hartin was placed on a golf cart to be brought to the Hattieville prison, the sole correctional facility in the small Central American nation.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The prison, which holds roughly 1,150 inmates, is run by the Kolbe Foundation, a Catholic-oriented non-governmental organization.
In the hours before Hartin was transferred, officer put up a memorial for Jemmott, a 42-year-old dad of five and 24-year police veteran, the Daily Mail reported.
"We made sure she was in handcuffs," a source told the outlet. "There was no special treatment. He was our friend."
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The charge Hartin faces — manslaughter by negligence — reportedly rarely carries a prison sentence and is more likely to end in a fine if she pleads guilty.
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