A Tobago man has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service by a Scarborough Magistrate after admitting to making threatening statements on social media.

Jason Wright, 49, a handyman of Moriah, Tobago, appeared before Magistrate Gill at the Scarborough Magistrates’ 2nd Court charged with making a statement prejudicial to safety.

The charge arose from a complaint made by the Chief Personnel Officer, Darryl Dindial, who reported that on November 24 he received a WhatsApp message containing a link to a TikTok video. The video featured a public service announcement, under which a user with the name “Buju B” – later identified as the defendant – posted the comment: “HE IS A PNM AND HE WILL NOT PAY THAT MONEY AT TIME… PPL NEED TO FIXED HIM GOOD TAKE HIS LIFE.”