A hidden nanny cam gave a vital way out for battered husband Richard Spencer, 47, as he endured years of degrading abuse from his wife Sheree at their home in Bubwith, East Yorkshire.
Chilling never-before-seen footage from a nanny cam has revealed the moment a battered husband cowered on the floor while his wife hurled abuse at him and brandished a knife in their home during her 20-year reign of terror.
Sheree, 45, was jailed for four years at Hull Crown Court in March last year by Judge Kate Rayfield, who told her: 'This is the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour I have seen.' The hidden nanny cam gave a vital way out for battered husband Mr Spencer after he endured years of physical and verbal abuse from his wife, that sometimes left him 'broken' in a foetal position
He told MailOnline: 'Sheree tried to stop the documentary being broadcast in the crown court but failed, then she applied for a prohibited steps order through the family court, which luckily was rejected and thrown out at the first hearing. 'It was on something like a 28-day roll, where if something new came in it would delete the old footage.'
Mr Spencer handed police 36 photographs he took of himself, showing cuts and bruises to his face and body READ MORE: Female prison reform boss is jailed for 'worst case of coercive behaviour' judge had ever seen: Senior manager subjected husband to 15 years of daily wine-fuelled beatings, verbal humiliation and even made him clean up her faeces
Within months of becoming a couple in 2000, Richard endured her violent rages, which happened whether she was drunk or sober. But he said the mental scars left by 16 years of her hate-filled attacks were what would leave the most lasting effect. 'It’s astonishing to me that she’s living a relatively easy life in prison, having been moved to an open jail after six months of her sentence.
Hull Crown Court heard Spencer was a mother of three young children and that many of the attacks on her husband had occurred in the family home
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