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Irish Firefighter Sentenced to 7 to 9 Years for Boston Hotel Rape

A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Terence Crosbie at a retrial following a June mistrial.

Overview

  • The judge imposed a seven- to nine-year Massachusetts state prison term at Crosbie’s sentencing on Thursday in Boston.
  • The accuser texted a friend within minutes of leaving the hotel and went to Massachusetts General Hospital for a rape exam that detected male DNA not matched to Crosbie, according to testimony and records.
  • Prosecutors pointed to the woman’s account and hotel evidence to identify Crosbie, while the defense argued he never touched her and said he got into an empty bed.
  • Crosbie traveled from Dublin with fellow firefighters, and the woman testified she fell asleep in a second bed after consensual sex with his roommate, Liam O’Brien.
  • The judge excluded a 2017 social-media post prosecutors sought to use to show state of mind, and jurors did not see it as later media reports disclosed its contents.