Domestic violence is a national shame in Australia and again over summer, too many women died in this country at the hands of a former or current partner. 9News
O'Reilly was attacked and left for dead by her then boyfriend, country footballer Jake Frecker.
"Then the police came in and could clearly see that I hadn't fallen over. The damage was done to my left side of my face.After he was pressed by authorities, Frecker changed his story."I do remember hitting her once in the bottom half of her face, in the jaw," he said during an interview with police."I just always constantly think about what he would have done if they didn't come," she said.She said she now struggles everyday and has panic attacks and nightmares.
"That will forever be his day that he got freedom and not the day that he did the wrong thing," O'Reilly said." nothing before he was eligible for parole from October and then until December, that's when they made the decision," she said. "I think the disconnect of not having that personal conversation with someone in person or via video link or whatever, that the victim is comfortable with, really, you lose control over the feeling and emotion in the email," O'Reilly said.
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