The own­er of a pop­u­lar so­cial me­dia news page has been or­dered to pay over $400,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a pri­ma­ry school prin­ci­pal for defama­tion.

De­liv­er­ing an oral judg­ment this week, High Court Judge Devin­dra Ram­per­sad up­held the case brought by Spring Vil­lage Hin­du School prin­ci­pal Su­san Ra­goo­nanan against An­to­nio Ran­jits­ingh, who op­er­ates Tri­ni Crime News TT.

Ram­per­sad ruled that Ran­jits­ingh de­famed Ra­goo­nanan in a se­ries of posts on dif­fer­ent so­cial me­dia plat­forms, in­clud­ing Face­book, In­sta­gram and Tik­Tok be­tween June and Au­gust last year.