Intense footage reveals knife-wielding abuser Sheree Spencer denying her hellish remedy of her husband – as she tried to forged him within the function of villain.
Spencer’s assaults on husband Richard at their seven-bedroom dwelling in Bubwith, East Yorkshire, had been captured on cameras the couple had put in to observe their youngsters.
Spencer, 45, was jailed for 4 years at Hull Crown Court in March final 12 months by Judge Kate Rayfield, who informed her: ‘This is the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour I’ve seen.’
But explosive clips from police interviews after her arrest present Sheree casually mendacity about her husband being the abuser, just for her face to show ashen when confronted with full audio footage displaying her threaten him.
The video seems in Channel 5 documentary My Wife, My Abuser: The Secret Footage, which airs on Monday.
During the police interview, a feminine police officer asks Spencer in regards to the footage obtained from a nanny-cam of their kid’s room, displaying her carrying a knife.
Equally explosive clips from police interviews present Sheree casually mendacity about her husband being the abuser, just for her face to show ashen when confronted with the clips
Damning clips of Sheree Spencer’s assaults on husband Richard at their seven-bedroom dwelling in Bubwith, East Yorkshire, had been captured on cameras the couple put in to observe their youngsters
Sheree’s reign of home terror lastly led to June 2021 when the police had been referred to as to their household dwelling by a involved welfare employee
Spender responds: ‘Yeah it seems to be like a pointy object’
The police officer says: ‘It’s a pointy object, it’s a carving knife. What did you do then?’
Spencer solutions: ‘I went to push him again.’
The officer presses on: ‘You’ve received a knife in your hand, what are you doing pushing him with a knife in yourh and? So you should know precisely what’s taking place right here. Could you clarify that to me please?’
Spencer says: ‘I needed to present him it as a result of he had threatened me, that he needed to kill me, he’d reasonably kill me than divorce me. And I did attain for a knife – if he needs to kill me, simply do it.’
When interviewed by the documentary makers, the officer described Spencer’s brazen lies, saying:; She simply went into autopilot and he or she mentioned this situation, she was saying “I was saying I wanted to die and I was giving Richard the knife and saying you’re going to have to kill me because I can’t live like this any more”.
Another officer added: [It was] nearly as if she had deliberate forward, or if she knew precisely what was going to be referred to. But that every one sort of shattered actually once I performed the video again once more however with the audio.’
But Spencer’s mendacity model of occasions was shattered when officers switched on the audio of the house footage, during which she may clearly be heard threatening her husband whereas brandishing a knife
Spencer is heard slurring as she says to her husband: ‘Shame, it takes that degree of violence.’
The hidden nanny cam gave an important means out for battered husband Mr Spencer after he endured years of bodily and verbal abuse from his spouse, that typically left him ‘damaged’ in a foetal place
The couple met in 2000 in a nightclub and married in Thailand in 2009 earlier than having three daughters
Sheree’s reign of home terror lastly led to June 2021 when the police had been referred to as to their household dwelling by a involved welfare employee
Footage confirmed livid wine-fuelled tirades, during which Sheree would name her husband ‘fats boy,’ ‘a pussy’ and ‘dumb dumb’ and inflict bruises and scratches
Today, MailOnline can reveal Sheree went to determined lengths by means of the courts in a bid to cease the documentary being broadcast.
The footage, obtained from the nanny-cam, provides a chilling real-life echo of Harlan Coben’s Netflix adaptation Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan. In it, Keegan performs a lady who installs the small digital camera to maintain watch over her younger daughter, solely to recognise an eerie determine from her previous creeping into her dwelling.
Mr Spencer felt his harrowing experiences needs to be seen to lift consciousness of the kind of abuse males can undergo of their each day lives by the hands of violent companions however Sheree tried to dam it.
He informed MailOnline: ‘Sheree tried to cease the documentary being broadcast within the crown court docket however failed, then she utilized for a prohibited steps order by means of the household court docket, which fortunately was rejected and thrown out on the first listening to.
‘The broadcast has been delayed because of the authorized challenges for about six months, however now it’s lastly going to be proven.
‘I’m hopeful that the movie will likely be nicely obtained and can make a distinction.’
The hidden nanny cam gave an important means out for battered husband Mr Spencer after he endured years of bodily and verbal abuse from his spouse, that left him ‘damaged’ on the ground in a foetal place.
Mr Spencer had met his spouse in a nightclub in 2000, and the pair married on a Thai seashore in 2009.
After they welcomed the eldest of their three daughters in 2015, Mr Spencer put in the nanny cam so they might preserve watch over her.
Instead, footage confirmed livid wine-fuelled tirades, during which Sheree would name her husband ‘fats boy,’ ‘a p**sy’ and ‘dumb dumb’ and inflict bruises and scratches that he would wish to cowl with make-up earlier than going exterior.
Mr Spencer informed The Sun: ‘We had two [cameras] — one within the playroom and one within the bed room. They had been there for reassurance, to maintain a watch out as a result of it is a massive home.
‘It was on one thing like a 28-day roll, the place if one thing new got here in it will delete the outdated footage.’
When police lastly turned concerned, Mr Spencer handed over 43 photos of his bruised face, taken on completely different dates following savage assaults he had suffered.
Mr Spencer, now fortunately settled with a brand new accomplice, determined to participate within the Channel 5 documentary to assist different abused males converse out
Mr Spencer handed police 36 images he took of himself, displaying cuts and bruises to his face and physique
Sheree Spencer, 45, was jailed for 4 years for making her husband Richard’s life a dwelling hell with each day beatings and verbal assaults that left him cowering on the ground within the foetal place
Richard Spencer secretly recorded video and audio of his spouse’s assaults on him for years. When police turned concerned he handed over 43 photos of his bruised face and physique
A police officer tells the documentary: ‘This has been happening for such a very long time, that that is who he’s. Withdrawn and damaged.’
Mr Spencer says: ‘I simply needed the abuse to cease. I used to be in a state of affairs and there was no means out.’
Hull Crown Court heard that mother-of-three Sheree had carried out many of the assaults on her husband within the household dwelling.
Sheree labored on the highest ranges for HM Prison and Probation Service and bragged to pals that she had the ear of former prime minister Boris Johnson.
She was a venture supervisor within the division’s directorate of technique and efficiency.
A former good friend mentioned: ‘She would brag about being solely two down from the prime minister in her area and had conferences with Boris Johnson, who she spoke of as if he had been a good friend.
‘She was bragging about her excessive flying profession whereas subjecting her poor husband, a beautiful man, to each day abuse, degradation and humiliation.’
It was described as ‘a terrific irony’ that Spencer had carried out a lot work aimed toward investigating the impact of custodial sentences on the household.
Within months of changing into a pair in 2000, Richard endured her violent rages, which occurred whether or not she was drunk or sober.
The worst of the assaults on him occurred in April 2021 when his spouse attacked him with the empty wine bottle.
Mr Spencer, who stands at 5ft 10in, informed the court docket that though he was greater and bodily stronger than his petite spouse, he didn’t struggle again when she started to assault him.
He mentioned he turned nearly resistant to the bodily abuse she meted out, despite the fact that she would trigger him immense ache by sinking her tooth into him.
But he mentioned the psychological scars left by 16 years of her hate-filled assaults had been what would depart probably the most lasting impact.
Sheree’s reign of home terror lastly led to June 2021 when the police had been referred to as to their household dwelling by a involved welfare employee.
Her arrest that day on suspicion of assaulting her husband opened a door into the hell he had stored non-public for his complete married life.
Mr Spencer mentioned: ‘In making an attempt to dam the footage being proven, she continued making an attempt to exert management even from jail, however fortuitously justice prevailed.
‘It’s astonishing to me that she’s dwelling a comparatively simple life in jail, having been moved to an open jail after six months of her sentence.
‘The decide in her case described it because the worst case of coercive management she had ever seen, so why she was thought of for open jail so early is past me.
‘She is due for launch subsequent February however she is ready to exit for household and good friend conferences and has been working in a restaurant.
Spencer labored on the highest ranges for HM Prison and Probation Service and bragged to pals that she had the ear of former prime minister Boris Johnson
Hull Crown Court heard Spencer was a mom of three younger youngsters and that lots of the assaults on her husband had occurred within the household dwelling
The court docket heard that Spencer beat him with the bottle throughout his head and physique and brought about a critical damage to his ear, which swelled dramatically
‘It doesn’t appear a simply sentence for somebody who dedicated such critical offences.’
Since his ex-wife’s imprisonment, Mr Spencer has joined a marketing campaign referred to as ManKind Initiative, which helps male victims of home abuse.
He has additionally discovered love once more and informed media he’s fortunately settled together with his new accomplice.
Speaking to media after Sheree was jailed final 12 months, he mentioned: ‘I’ve change into resigned to the truth that I’ll by no means absolutely recuperate from her abuse and that it’ll have a everlasting damaging influence on mine and my household’s life.
‘Sheree’s abuse in direction of me advanced and escalated over time, she used repeated acts of bodily assault, threats, verbal abuse, and humiliation to punish and train management over me.
‘The abuse was hidden from the surface world, together with family and friends. Sheree manipulated me into believing that I used to be a accountable and keen participant within the abuse. She remorselessly proclaimed that I deserved to be punished, and that it was a justifiable consequence of me disappointing her ultimately.
‘Little by little, I misplaced my independence and willpower and simply accepted that was how my life was going to be. I complied with Sheree’s calls for, and he or she managed most facets of my on a regular basis life, together with issues like what actions I may take part in and when, which room I may sleep in, and even which rest room I may use.
‘Gradually I turned remoted from household and pals and was left deep in debt inflicting me to really feel trapped.
‘After some time, I learnt to cowl my face with my arms and curl up right into a foetal place to try to keep away from sustaining any seen facial accidents, in order that I may nonetheless take the youngsters to highschool and nursery.’