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Depraved firefighter Terence Crosbie previously said it was “worth a trip” to Stockholm in Sweden because there are “6ft blondes” and it’s the “most unreported rape capital of Europe”. The sickening declaration can now be unveiled after the twisted firefighter was convicted last week of raping a woman in a Boston hotel room in March 2024. Crosbie, who worked for the Dublin Fire Brigade , posted the message to his Twitter account on April 20, 2017 which appears to reference the upcoming Europa League Final which was being held in the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm, Sweden the following month. Writing under the X handle “DubKid86”, which has since been deleted, he said: “6ft blondes & most unreported rape capital of Europe sure even if it’s Vigo vs Lyon be worth a trip” The prosecution had applied for the tweet to be admitted as evidence but it was ultimately not permitted and the jury never heard it. As part of their submission, the prosecution said: “the evidence is admissible to show the defendant’s motive and intent and is more probative than prejudicial. “It is anticipated that if the defendant testifies, he will deny any role in the rape of (INITIAL OF VICTIMS GIVEN) and claim either third-party culprit or fabrication.” The submission continued: “The Commonwealth seeks to cross-examine the defendant about his earlier public Twitter post. “In that post, the defendant intimates that travelling to a city with where one can rape with impunity would be ‘worth a trip’.” But the motion was denied. It states the post was in relation to Amsterdam but the Irish Mirror understands it's actually about Stockholm in Sweden and the 2017 Europa Final. The ruling read: “The tweet is relevant to defendant’s state of mind as it permits reasonable inference that in 2017, Amsterdam was a place where a tall blonde female would not report a rape. “The tweet however is seven years before this incident and is not about Boston or the United States and is not a trip planned with his Boston travelling companion.” Previous tweets which were posted to the same account and unearthed by the Irish Mirror/Star give a glimpse inside Crosbie’s mind in the months before his arrest. In one he posted a picture of himself beside a garden woodfire. He’s wearing a white robe while puffing on a cigar. A bottle of Red Breast whiskey is also visible. He captioned the photograph: “W****er on a Banker”. In another from December 2023, he shared a video of what appears to be a man wrestling a lion allegedly taken in the 1930s. Crosbie wrote: “Men in the 1930’s sparring Lions barehanded Men in 2023 looking to get a vagina & be called by a pronoun of their choice”. In an ironic twist and in the days before his arrest, he also entered a competition run by the Dublin Airport to win return flights from Boston. His last post before his X account was deleted was a picture of a pint of Heineken and his passport with the caption “Breaky”. Last Friday, 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. The 29-year-old woman who accused Crosbie of rape said that in the early hours of March 15, 2024, after returning to the Omni Parker House hotel with Liam O'Brien, she awoke to a man penetrating her, and telling her it was “pathetic” that “his friend couldn’t give that,” calling him a “loser.” 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. Alexis Decesaris, who 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.” Crosbie will be sentenced on Thursday and faces up to 20 years in prison. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
