Sheree Spencer: How woman who subjected husband to vile abuse was caught out using nanny cam footage

A woman who subjected her husband to years of vile abuse was eventually caught out after nanny cam footage captured her campaign of terror against him.

Sheree Spencer, who had a high-ranking position working for the Ministry of Justice was only caught when her shocking actions against her husband Richard were laid bare in horrifying footage from a nanny cam.

Violent and abusive Spencer sadistically assaulted and humiliated her husband, abusing him repeatedly emotionally and physically. During one incident, Sheree spat at her husband and choked him.

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She also threatened him with a knife and would falsely accuse him of being an abuser. In another incident she struck him over the head with a wine glass and also exerted financial control over him, forcing him to take out loans for holidays and refusing to contribute towards bills as 'punishment'.

The true crime documentary, which previously aired on Channel 5, has now been added to Netflix. Detailing Richard's brave story, it has launched to the top of the Netflix UK top chart.

My Wife, My Abuser features Richard, who said the attacks started out shortly after their relationship began, speaking out about his ill-treatment the a judge called it the ‘worse case of coercive and controlling behaviour’ they had ever seen.

Mr Spencer later handed over 43 photographs of injuries, 36 video clips and nine mobile phone recordings to the police. In February last year, Spencer was jailed for four years after admitting coercive and controlling behaviour.

A court head how the Spencers had been together since 2000 and lived in a seven bedroom house in a village near York. They