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| Woman shares emotional video on domestic violence after 'partner leaves her with black eye' | |
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| A video recorded by a woman who says her partner punched her in the face has gone viral on social media. | A video recorded by a woman who says her partner punched her in the face has gone viral on social media. |
| Emma Murphy, 26, from Ireland, says her former partner was "the love of [her] life" until the incident occured. She says she confronted her partner over a suspected affair with another woman. | Emma Murphy, 26, from Ireland, says her former partner was "the love of [her] life" until the incident occured. She says she confronted her partner over a suspected affair with another woman. |
| "I finally realised that no, this is not acceptable," she told viewers. "It is not right to raise a hand to a woman." | "I finally realised that no, this is not acceptable," she told viewers. "It is not right to raise a hand to a woman." |
| Ms Murphy is a self-employed fitness instructor and mother of two. | Ms Murphy is a self-employed fitness instructor and mother of two. |
| According to the charity Women's Aid, on average two women a week are killed by a current or former partner in Britain. | According to the charity Women's Aid, on average two women a week are killed by a current or former partner in Britain. |
| Police say they have dealt with more than 1.1 million women and 720,000 men as victims of some kind of domestic abuse in the last year. | Police say they have dealt with more than 1.1 million women and 720,000 men as victims of some kind of domestic abuse in the last year. |
| The average domestic violence victim is estimated to have been abused around 30 times before they call the police. | The average domestic violence victim is estimated to have been abused around 30 times before they call the police. |