Irish firefighter found guilty of rape in Boston!

Sentenced to at least 7 years

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie sentenced to at least seven years for rape in Boston – The Irish Times

Should've been locked up just for posting such a stupid thing online. What a moron.

while I’d say most of us wouldn’t dream of posting THAT type of comment I’d say that in WhatsApp or texts or whatever there are a fair few risky messages. Either posted by us or posted by someone we know on a chat thread.

Taken in the context and time of the thread they might seem just like “oh you boys…. Always kidding around” but when reexamined in the cold light of day then a different perspective could be taken.

Joking about rape wouldn’t be common at all in a thread or WhatsApp group populated by normally law abiding people - it would be very much the exception and to the degree that certainly anyone I know would leave such a group if someone posted such a comment- or that person would be removed - one or the other.

“I said risky messages.”

So define “risky” so

You're getting too vague altogether.

If that Crosbie whatsapp message is real, then this mightn't even have been his first time.

Knucklehead, on threads like this if you’re not 100% in step with the herd, you’re instantly branded a racist, a rapist, or accused of condoning both. Genuine discussion isn’t acceptable anymore, it gets shut down with the kind of overblown, American-style accusations of paedophilia, rape or worse. Even the slightest hint of “maybe” or “consider…” is met with condemnation.

I simply suggested that trying to get out of a country like the USA, once you’ve been accused of something heinous, would be a sensible move for anyone, guilty or innocent. That point alone was enough to unleash a torrent of do-gooders and self-styled social justice warriors. Let them have the last word, that's what they yearn in their keyboard life. Walk away.

@Thorny Queen. The rapist in the the white house had an Irish rapist as a guest on Paddys day. Why was he allowed in the country in the 1st place? He certainly wasn't kicked out of the place. They are hypocrites there. If u have money the law doesn't apply to u. Our system is completely flawed but I'd take it over the American system any day.

The judge in this case rejected prosecution counsel's attempts to include these historic tweets as part of it's evidence against the accused. Quite correctly, in my view, as they are completely irrelevant to this particular trial. As regards the material itself, whilst unpleasant to read, the comments seem to be jocular in tone with not even an implied threat on the part of the author to commit physical harm to another. An example of coarse Dublin working class humour, you could say, and that can be very coarse and graphic at times.

Would a completely innocent man, with a clear conscience, attempt to furtively do a runner like Crosbie attempted to do ? I don't think so. It was a highly suspicious manoeuvre on his part but the real clincher was his bizarre explanation why his DNA might have been found on the victim - the masturbation story - and his comments made to police during questioning regarding the definition of rape and whether the victim claimed she had been held down. This was before the cops had even released the exact details of the type of assault involved. So, three major red flags pointing toward his guilt there.

If he hadn't attempted to abscond and kept his mouth shut he could be a free man today or his protestations of innocence would seem far more credible, at least.

Your posts throughout this thread are beyond farcical. You have no idea what happened in that room or indeed the extent of the evidence the jurors heard

The case was televised.

We know what happened in the room because the rape victim told us, the rapist lied from the start.

But if you would like to explain why you think he is innocent, by all means work away.