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Brave Emma Murphy Refuses To Accept Ex-Partner's Apology For Domestic Violence

Brave Emma Murphy Refuses To Accept Ex-Partner's Apology For Domestic Violence

Brave Irish woman, Emma Murphy, who last week publicly posted on her Facebook page, a video accusing her former partner, fitness instructor Francis Usanga, of domestic abuse has said that his apology is "complete lies" and that he has made no attempt to contact her or his children since the video was released and he admitted being violent towards her.

According to Independent.ie, Mr. Usanga said yesterday that he would like to see his ex-partner and get the chance to apologise to her in person saying:

I should never have raised my hand to her. You should never hit a woman or use violence

Although he did add that there had been two other violent altercations with Ms Murphy previously, stating:

I lost the head...I pushed her really hard in the face. ...it was with an open hand. It was more of a push, a real hard push. It was pretty violent and there's no excuse at all and I'm extremely sorry for that.

Speaking to the Irish Daily Mail today however, Ms. Murphy said that Mr. Usanga had not been in contact with her and that her main focus now was her children.

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Why is he saying it in the paper but he hasn’t been in contact with me to apologise? I don’t want to comment any more on this at the moment. I need to focus on the kids.

Ms Murphy's courageous video has been viewed more than eight million times since she posted the heart-breaking video on her Facebook page, and she has received widespread support from around the world.

In an interview over the weekend, Mr Usanga apologised to Ms Murphy for causing her distress and admitted that he had hit her in the face during a heated argument.

According to Independent.ie's article, it is believed Gardaí inSantry are preparing to speak to Mr. Usanga about the attack after Ms. Murphy lodged a formal complaint in relation to a physical attack on Friday July 3rd..

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