Irish firefighter found guilty of rape by jury in Boston
Terence Crosbie(Image: NBC 10 Boston)Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie was found guilty of rape by a jury in Boston. The 39-year-old man was charged with raping a 29-year-old Boston attorney during St Patrick's Day celebrations in March 2024. The verdict came after more than 15 hours of jury deliberations.Crosbie's first trial, held last June, ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked following more than four days of deliberations. Both the alleged victim and Crosbie took the stand during the five-day trial at Suffolk Superior Court.Crosbie was visiting the city with a group of Dublin firefighters who were set to March in the St Patrick's Day parade. His victim told the court she met Crosbie’s hotel roommate, Liam O’Brien, at the Black Rose pub the night of the attack. She told the court during her testimony that she fell asleep on a separate bed from O’Brien and awoke to a different man, “also with an Irish accent,” raping her.Crosbie was removed from an Aer Lingus flight and arrested just hours after being interviewed by Boston Police detectives. Crosbie denied all allegations against him, insisting he “absolutely did not” rape the woman.During the trial, numerous DNA specialists testified that Crosbie's DNA could not be identified on any of the swabs collected from his victim's body, Irish Star reports.Irish firefighter Terence Crosbie was found guilty of rape by a jury in Boston.(Image: CourtTV)Alexis Decesaris is a senior DNA analyst at Bodie Technology, testified that although they identified two male contributors to DNA found on the accuser, they could not confirm that Crosbie was a contributor.Video surveillance from the pub, the street, and the hotel on the night was played in court.During closing arguments, the prosecution urged jurors to use “common sense,” telling them, “There is no mystery man here. No phantom rapist who slipped off into the night. Terence Crosbie is not the unluckiest man in the world.""He’s just someone who did a terrible, terrible thing to another person, simply because he wanted to and he thought that he could.”Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
