An offence remains an offence even if deleted. Considering how many people are banned from this place every year and noone even knows who they are (all their posts are removed as they enter them, as they are just spam/abusive, and they then get banned out of here) it does not matter if the offence is there to be seen. The fact that you post it is enough.
As for the apology; sure, we accept it, on the condition that you never do it again, clear?