Blogger, former radio host charged with sedition

A blog­ger and for­mer ra­dio host has been charged with sedi­tion af­ter a post on so­cial me­dia al­leged­ly in­vit­ed for­eign par­ties to tar­get the of­fi­cial res­i­dence of the Prime Min­is­ter.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice said Krys­tle Hor­wood ap­peared be­fore Mas­ter Mo­hammed at the Port of Spain High Court on Fri­day (Feb­ru­ary 6, 2026), where the charge was laid sum­mar­i­ly and she plead­ed not guilty.

Af­ter hear­ing sub­mis­sions, the court grant­ed Hor­wood bail in the sum of $100,000 with a sure­ty. As part of the bail con­di­tions, she must sur­ren­der her pass­port to the Reg­is­trar of the Court, re­port to a spec­i­fied po­lice sta­tion once per week and re­side at her par­ents’ ad­dress.

The mat­ter has been ad­journed to Fri­day March 6, 2026, and will be heard in the Port of Spain Dis­trict Court.

In its state­ment, the Po­lice Ser­vice re­mind­ed the pub­lic that free­dom of ex­pres­sion car­ries le­gal re­spon­si­bil­i­ties, warn­ing that, “Post­ing con­tent that en­cour­ages vi­o­lence against in­di­vid­u­als, or desta­bi­liz­ing acts can have se­ri­ous le­gal con­se­quences, in­clud­ing ar­rest and pros­e­cu­tion