Ashcroft daughter-in-law given bail in Belize over officer’s shooting

Canadian Jasmine Hartin, charged with manslaughter by negligence, freed after eight days behind bars

The daughter-in-law of the Conservative party donor Michael Ashcroft has been released on bail in Belize where she is accused of accidentally shooting dead a senior police officer.

Jasmine Hartin was freed on Wednesday after spending eight days behind bars in Belize's central prison. She had to surrender her passport and personal documents and cannot leave the country without permission from the supreme court.