An abusive spouse who assaulted, taunted, threatened and humiliated her husband for 20 years grinned as she was sentenced to 4 years in jail.
Mum-of-three Sheree Spencer, 45, punched, kicked, slapped and bit her husband Richard throughout persistent ‘nasty’ assaults that left him in concern and feeling trapped.
She referred to as him a ‘p****’ on daily basis whereas beating him and compelled him to scrub up her personal faeces.
The jail reform boss was sentenced at Hull Crown Courtroom after leaving her companion with a completely disfigured ear and damaging his laptops, telephones and garments.
Decide Kate Rayfield informed her that the abuse of Mr Spencer was ‘the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour I have seen’.
In addition to a jail time period, Spencer was given an indefinite restraining order towards her sufferer.
However she was nonetheless seen smiling as she left the dock to be taken right down to the cells.
Spencer admitted coercive and controlling behaviour between January 2016 and June 2021 and three offences of assaulting her husband, inflicting precise bodily hurt, between January and April 2020.
Michele Stuart-Lofthouse, prosecuting, mentioned that the couple had been collectively since 2000 and lived in Bubwith, close to Selby, on the time. They’ve three younger kids.
Spencer’s violent behaviour in the direction of her husband got here to gentle after police had been alerted on account of considerations.
Even she was arrested, Spencer continued to ‘exert control’ over Richard throughout Household Courtroom hearings, claiming she was the sufferer.
Whereas sharing his story, Mr Spencer mentioned: ‘I have had to seek help from my GP on several occasions.’
Movies proven to the courtroom revealed ‘persistent, nasty physical and emotional abuse’ on a frequent foundation, generally a number of occasions in a day.
Mr Spencer ‘cowered sometimes on his hands and knees on the floor’ as he was threatened and assaulted.
His spouse confirmed ‘utter contempt for him’ and generally ‘whispered in his face in the most sinister way’, the courtroom heard
She was additionally mentioned to shout orders at him after consuming three bottles of wine a day.
Defence barrister Richard Pratt KC mentioned that there was ‘little if anything’ that could possibly be mentioned in mitigation.
Mr Pratt mentioned: ‘It’s a stunning, distressing case. Alcohol performed probably the most vital half in what occurred.’
Throughout her job with the Ministry of Justice, Spencer had been engaged on a mission related with the influence of custodial sentences on households.
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