
He continued that the incident “seems rather personal and not an attack”, adding: “From what we know is that they are friends. “A firearm was also seen on the pier that has been retrieved and we have learned that the firearm belonged to the police and was assigned to Mr Jemmott,” Williams told a press conference. Williams told local media that a single gunshot was heard and that “upon investigating, police found the female on a pier, and she had what appeared to be blood on her arms and on her clothing”, Sky News reports. They then walked a short distance to a nearby dock, where Jemmott complained to Hartin about shoulder pain and she offered to give him a massage, according to her police statement.ĭuring the massage “he placed his service weapon on the dock”, the Mail reports, and “it was when she picked it up to pass it back to him that that loaded gun fired accidentally”. Initial reports from the Mail said Hartin had “invited the veteran officer to her apartment, where the pair drank and discussed her personal security”. Hartin’s explanation as to how Jemmott was shot has taken several turns. She was released on bail on 9 June but has now been taken back into custody. She was taken into custody in San Pedro, Belize, on 1 June after Jemmott was “shot behind the ear with his own revolver”, the Daily Mail reports. Hartin has been charged with manslaughter by negligence after shooting police chief Jemmott dead while giving him a shoulder massage during a night of drinking earlier this month. “They have been approached and asked to provide a comment,” says the newspaper.

The Daily Mail says it is unclear whether the Ashcroft family accept her claims. Why won’t you let me see my kids, Andrew?” I still own half of it.”Īfter gaining entry to the property, she then “saw Ashcroft and pursued him through the complex, accusing him of keeping her from her children”, the paper adds, shouting: “He’s going to rot in hell for this. There is nothing that says I have no access to my children and nothing that says I have no access to my property.

The breakdown in relations between Hartin and her husband is thought to “have been triggered by her suspicion that he was attempting to limit her access to their children”, The Times reports.įootage was posted online last week showing Hartin arriving at the gate of her old home, before shouting: “I’m trying to come in to see the kids and to get my things.
