Ambulance Driver & Paramedic, Terrell Joseph awaits sentencing on Ammunition possession

Wilkie Arthur

Freelance Court Correspondent

#TurksandCaicos, May 11, 2024 – Ambulance Driver/ Paramedic remanded for possession of four rounds of ammunition.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution during the plea and directions hearing dropped the firearms charge on an application by senior defense counsel, Mrs. Lara Maroof Misick.

The accused TERRELL JOSEPH, 29 then entered a guilty on the ammunition charge alone in the hope of a reduced sentence of less than 12 years imprisonment; a sentence he automatically faces according to law.

His counsel, Maroof-Misick will indeed argue and put forward submissions before his Lordship, The Hon. Mr. Justice Chris Selochan surrounding “exceptional circumstances” in an attempt to get a significantly reduced sentence for the four rounds alone.

The firearm, in this case, that he allegedly possessed was “somewhat” defective and may not have passed the legal test in a criminal trial. Joseph knew the gun wasn’t working and at the time of his arrest, the firearm could not be fired, Magnetic Media learned.

As proper ministers of justice under the leadership of the then acting DPP, Mrs. Angela Terry Brooks, hearing counsel for the accused, decided to withdraw the firearm charge and proceeded with the ammunition alone.

Sentencing for the ammunition possession offence is on May 29^th at 2pm and many will be watching as the ambulance driver – a man of very good standing in the community who was described as having “saved many lives” – hears the decision on his sentence.

Many have drawn comparisons between this case and that of tourists, who were also charged under the Firearms Ordinance with possession of ammunition.

Terrell Joseph could be the first local to be sentenced since the Court of Appeal’s direction on the proper interpretation of the Firearms Ordinance Amendment 2022.

Joseph was found with the gun and ammo in an early morning raid by Police at his apartment in early October 2023. He was remanded, and despite his clean record and impeccable lifestyle, he was denied bail.

The former ambulance driver remains at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation awaiting sentencing.

Members of the public speaking to our news team, says that if anyone deserves a chance to far lesser sentence or no jail time, it is this accused.

His arrest for firearm and ammunition broke the hearts of many upstanding law-abiding citizens of these Islands as no one could speak ill of him, and he was and still is loved by many given his profession of saving lives.