Susan Zalkind

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

A Dublin firefighter accused of rape during the St Patrick’s Day weekend last year “thought he could come to Boston and rape with impunity”, a prosecutor told his trial in closing arguments on Monday. Terence Crosbie (38) is charged with raping a 29-year-old woman in a hotel bedroom while his Dublin Fire Brigade colleague Liam O’Brien was asleep in a separate bed.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

The Dublin firefighter on trial for rape over St Patrick’s Day weekend last year told a Boston jury on Friday, “I 100 per cent didn’t do this. I’ve done nothing wrong.”Terence Crosbie (38) took the stand as the concluding witness on the fifth day of trial. The complainant, a 29-year-old attorney, claims she was raped by Mr Crosbie while his Dublin Fire Brigade colleague Liam O’Brien slept in a separate bed in a shared hotel room.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

Analysts “did not identify” the DNA of the Dublin firefighter arrested on rape charges over St Patrick’s Day weekend last year in samples collected from the complainant, a US court has heard. The complainant, a 29-year-old attorney, claims she was raped last year by Terence Crosbie (38) while his Dublin Fire Brigade colleague Liam O’Brien slept in a separate bed in a shared hotel room. She says she had consensual relations with Mr O’Brien after meeting him at the Black Rose bar in Boston.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

The Dublin firefighter arrested on rape charges over St Patrick’s Day weekend last year told Boston detectives he “didn’t touch” the female complainant in an audio played in a US court on Wednesday. The complainant, a 29-year-old attorney, claims she was raped by Terence Crosbie (39) while his Dublin Fire Brigade colleague Liam O’Brien slept in a separate bed in a shared hotel room. She said she had consensual relations with Mr O’Brien after meeting him at The Black Rose bar in Boston.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

The Boston woman who claims she was raped by a Dublin firefighter told a US court she woke up in a hotel room to find “somebody on top of her” raping her. The 29-year-old attorney testified for a second day in the trial of Terence Crosbie (39) in Suffolk superior courthouse in Boston on Tuesday. She claimed she was raped by Mr Crosbie, who was visiting the US city with the Dublin Fire Brigade, while his colleague slept in a shared hotel room.