Violent mum who abused and attacked her husband for 20 years GRINS as she's jailed

A violent and abusive woman who assaulted and threatened her husband during a 'shocking' 20-year campaign of terror grinned in court as she was led away from the dock to begin a four-year jail sentence. Heavy-drinking mother-of-three Sheree Spencer punched, kicked, slapped and bit him during persistent 'nasty' attacks that left him fearful and feeling trapped, the court heard.

She controlled all aspects of his daily life, prosecutors said, including which room he could sleep in and which toilet he could use, and threatened to make false allegations about him to police.

A judge was told that in one attack, Spencer viciously hit him with a wine bottle, leaving him disfigured with a 'cauliflower ear' and a chipped elbow. She was sometimes drinking up to three bottles of wine a day during the appalling 'catalogue' of abuse, the court heard.

At Hull Crown Court Spencer, 45, of Beals Close, Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, admitted coercive and controlling behaviour between January 2016 and June 2021 and three offences of assaulting her husband, causing actual bodily harm, between January and April 2020.

Michele Stuart-Lofthouse, prosecuting, said that the couple had been together since 2000 and lived in Bubwith, near Selby, at the time. They had three young children. Spencer's violent behaviour towards her husband came to light after police were alerted because of concerns, reports Hull Live.

Spencer spat at her husband and grabbed him by the throat during one incident, causing him breathing difficulties. Her behaviour changed when they were living in London and she pushed and slapped him and was aggressive, the court heard. She hit him on the back of the head with a wine glass, causing an injury that needed stitching.

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