Jury deliberations continue Thursday in the trial of Terrence Crosbie, a Dublin firefighter accused of raping a woman in Boston during last year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.This is the second trial for this case. The jury in Crosbie’s first trial deadlocked.The alleged victim claims she had consensual sex with Crosbie’s roommate at the Omni Parker Hotel after meeting him during a night out at the Black Rose. She said that she fell asleep in the second bed in the room and woke up to Crosbie raping her. After the alleged incident, she left the Omni Parker and went to Mass General, where she reported the rape.DNA from two men was found in a sample, but it could not be definitively linked to Crosbie.”Nothing that includes or matches Mr. Crosbie,” defense attorney Daniel Reilly said during his closing argument. “Despite this, they want you to believe it is him because who else could it be, but their own witness says they cannot say it came from Mr. Crosbie.””She had no reason to leave a hotel room in the middle of the night and immediately disclose to a friend because she got raped, then go to a hospital, and be interviewed by police, she had no reason to do it and drinking alcohol didn’t make her do it,” prosecutor Erin Murphy said. The victim testified about her experience during the first day of testimony in the case. The woman told police she woke up to Crosbie sexually assaulting her, and after she told him to stop, she claimed Crosbie said, “This guy is sleeping. I know you want this,” according to court documents.Police said Crosbie flew to Boston from Ireland with other members of the Dublin Fire Brigade.Prosecutors claim that after Crosbie was interviewed by police on March 16, he booked a flight for 10:10 p.m. that night, days before his scheduled departure date.After arriving at Logan International Airport, Crosbie was able to board an earlier flight that was scheduled to depart around 7 p.m., prosecutors said. Members of the Massachusetts State Police stopped the plane on the tarmac and removed Crosbie.Crosbie has pleaded not guilty.
Jury deliberations continue Thursday in the trial of Terrence Crosbie, a Dublin firefighter accused of raping a woman in Boston during last year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
This is the second trial for this case. The jury in Crosbie’s first trial deadlocked.
The alleged victim claims she had consensual sex with Crosbie’s roommate at the Omni Parker Hotel after meeting him during a night out at the Black Rose.
She said that she fell asleep in the second bed in the room and woke up to Crosbie raping her. After the alleged incident, she left the Omni Parker and went to Mass General, where she reported the rape.
DNA from two men was found in a sample, but it could not be definitively linked to Crosbie.
“Nothing that includes or matches Mr. Crosbie,” defense attorney Daniel Reilly said during his closing argument. “Despite this, they want you to believe it is him because who else could it be, but their own witness says they cannot say it came from Mr. Crosbie.”
“She had no reason to leave a hotel room in the middle of the night and immediately disclose to a friend because she got raped, then go to a hospital, and be interviewed by police, she had no reason to do it and drinking alcohol didn’t make her do it,” prosecutor Erin Murphy said.
The victim testified about her experience during the first day of testimony in the case.
The woman told police she woke up to Crosbie sexually assaulting her, and after she told him to stop, she claimed Crosbie said, “This guy is sleeping. I know you want this,” according to court documents.
Police said Crosbie flew to Boston from Ireland with other members of the Dublin Fire Brigade.
Prosecutors claim that after Crosbie was interviewed by police on March 16, he booked a flight for 10:10 p.m. that night, days before his scheduled departure date.
After arriving at Logan International Airport, Crosbie was able to board an earlier flight that was scheduled to depart around 7 p.m., prosecutors said. Members of the Massachusetts State Police stopped the plane on the tarmac and removed Crosbie.
Crosbie has pleaded not guilty.
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