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A 39-year-old Offaly man has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years for coercively controlling, raping, assaulting and falsely imprisoning his former partner. Barry Murphy of Shamrock House, Grogan, Ballycumber, was found guilty by a jury of three counts of raping his partner, Lisa O’Meara. The jury also found him guilty of coercively controlling and of three counts of sexually assaulting her, three counts of assaulting her causing harm and one count of falsely imprisoning her. Outside court, Ms O’Meara urged other women in abusive relationships to “just leave” as she said “it doesn’t get better”. Link in bio for more 📲