Jurors in trial of Irish firefighter charged with rape return for third full day of deliberations
'I had no physical or verbal contact with her at all,' Crosbie said.
The woman, a 29-year-old lawyer, testified she had fallen asleep in the second hotel bed after having consensual sex with Crosbie's roommate. She told jurors she was awakened by a man sexually assaulting her.
'I woke up, and a guy was inside of me,'
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Superior Court Judge Sarah Weyland Ellis released jurors at 4 p.m. Wednesday after they had deliberated for about 15 hours since receiving the case Monday.
Court was closed on Thursday in observance of Juneteenth.
On Wednesday, the jury of eight men and four women asked to listen to a portion of Crosbie's conversation with police that took place after the woman reported the alleged assault at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Jurors specifically wanted to listen to a portion of the recording when Crosbie asked the officer if his DNA could have gotten on the woman or her clothes if he had
In response to the jury's request, the judge said she could not play that portion of the interview because it was never entered into evidence.
Noting that the prosecutor referenced it while cross-examining Crosbie, she said jurors should rely on their notes and memories of what they heard.
'You may consider any testimony on this subject as evidence,' she told them.
During her closing argument, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Erin Murphy said the evidence supports a guilty verdict.
'There's no mystery man here, there's no phantom rapist who slipped off into the night,' Murphy told jurors. 'Terence Crosbie is guilty.'
Murphy said that while the woman had consumed alcohol, she was able to provide a detailed description of the alleged attack to police and medical staff just hours later.
'If she was so drunk, or so mixed up, or if she was making up a story, then how did she have so much right?' Murphy asked jurors.
Additionally, evidence and records from the night in question connect Crosbie to the hotel room where the woman alleges she was assaulted, Murphy said.
Murphy also reminded the jury that two male DNA profiles were found in a genital swab from the woman.
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'I'm going to ask you to end that nightmare and find him not guilty,' he said.
Crosbie's wife has attended the trial and often sat behind her husband in court, along with other friends.
Reilly argued there is not enough evidence to link Crosbie to the alleged rape, in part because the woman never identified Crosbie's multiple arm tattoos afterwards.
'The Commonwealth has not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Crosbie committed the crime he is accused of,' Reilly told jurors.
John R. Ellement of the Globe staff contributed to this report.
Claire Thornton can be reached at
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