Socialite Jasmine Hartin pictured happy and in love three years after killing police chief

A socialite who shot dead a senior Belize police officer with his own gun during a drinking session looks carefree as she frolics with her electrician lover on a Caribbean beach. Jasmine Hartin, 34, was spared jail last June after the fatal shooting in the head of father of five Supt Henry Jemmott, as they drank on a pier on the island of Ambergris Caye in May 2021, was ruled an accident.

The Canadian, who was partner of billionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft’s son Andrew at the time, admitted manslaughter and got 300 hours of community service and a £30,000 fine. On Thursday she looked without a care in the world as she was snapped canoodling with new lover tradesman Carlos Duverge, 30, from the Dominican Republic.

Locals on the paradise islands of Turks and Caicos said they live together in a modest neighbourhood, a far cry from her life with Mr Ascroft, who still lives with their two children in a nearby multi-million pound bungalow on a private golf estate. A source said: “It couldn’t be more of a contrast from Jasmine’s last romance.

“Compared to her ex, he doesn’t have much but he makes her happy. They are always holding hands. He’s a traditional type who likes to take care of his lady and is very chivalrous.”

Away from the beach she is understood to be trying to rebuild her life with a real estate business, but other legal cases continue, including a civil case from Jemmott’s family, and outstanding drug and assault charges related to her arrest.

This month, Hartin told podcast White Devil: “I’m starting the healing process. It’s not easy, I have flashbacks and nightmares. I wasn’t even allowed to say sorry to the family [during the trial]. I pray for them every night.”

Last month she said she feared being sent to jail as she has yet to do any of the community service at the YMCA in Belize City, as the organisation has yet to arrange her any hours with the May 31 deadline for completion looming.