TRINIDADIAN MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING FAMILY MEMBER DURING TRIPS TO U.S. June 19, 2008 A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday convicted a Trinidadian national of repeatedly raping a female family member during trips to another relative’s home in Roxbury, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced. MICHAEL HARROO, 47 (D.O.B. 5/31/61), was convicted of four counts of rape, four counts of incest, three counts of indecent assault and battery, and one count each of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon. The jury acquitted him of an additional count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Judge Margaret Hinkle will sentence him Monday in courtroom 906, Conley said. Evidence introduced at trial by Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark of Conley’s Child Abuse Unit proved that Harroo travelled to the United States repeatedly between 2002 and 2004, bringing with him a female family member who was then 16 to 18 years old. Both shared a permanent residence in Trinidad at the time. While in the United States, Harroo and the victim would stay with another family member at her Warren Street home. The evidence showed that Harroo sexually and physically assaulted her on these trips. The victim testified that Harroo beat and raped her in Trinidad, as well, beginning when she was 14 years old. She also testified that she fled from their home to the U.S. after disclosing the abuse to Trinidadian authorities. Once on American soil, she further reported the extensive abuse to Boston Police and Suffolk prosecutors. After further investigation in the Suffolk County Grand Jury, Harroo was indicted in March 2006. Trinidadian police acting on a Suffolk Superior Court warrant took him into custody, and U.S. Marshals later returned him to Boston to face charges. Harro’s trial began June 9 and testimony ended June 13. Jurors did not deliberate Monday or Tuesday of this week, but deliberated all day yesterday before returning their verdicts late in the afternoon. “The facts of this case are shocking and sad,” Conley said. “If there is any consolation, it’s that some of this defendant’s abhorrent acts occurred in our jurisdiction, allowing us to find some small measure of justice for his victim in court.” Return to the Press Releases page.