My wife threatened me with a knife & beat me with bottles – I secretly filmed her when she accused ME of being abusive
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HUNCHED on the sofa in the family playroom, Richard Spencer attempts to shield himself from his wife Sheree’s furious blows. Sheree hurls insults at her husband for no other reason than the fact he hasn’t started dinner yet, just one outburst in a 20-year reign of abuse on the loving dad.
![[Richard Spencer was abused by his wife Sheree for 20 years]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/f41aea30-dbd1-4a81-9e29-330474aab073.jpg?strip=all&w=786)
But what Sheree doesn't realise is that Richard, 48, has secret footage of the mum's abhorrent behaviour and the recordings, taken via cameras in the family home across a five-year period, are what led to Sheree's eventual arrest. “I dread to think what would have happened if I hadn’t had the video evidence,” Richard says.
![[Sheree was eventually arrested after Richard provided secret footage of her behaviour]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wife-abuser-886998296.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“In the family court alone Sheree made 42 false allegations against me and tried to claim I was an abuser. “The footage I collected means that she is the one in prison and that I am still part of my daughters' lives.”. Throughout most of his relationship with Sheree, Richard secretly suffered from what a judge would later describe as “the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviour” she had ever seen.
![[The couple got together after a nightout in Leeds and Richard says she displayed worrying behaviour early on]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wife-abuser-886990689.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
During her sickening abuse, Sheree, 46, repeatedly threatened to go to police claiming her helpless husband was abusing her — and would even scream for help to trick neighbours into believing that was the case. She was only jailed after Richard shared the nanny cam footage he had of Sheree’s shocking behaviour with a friend.
![[Photos of Richard's injuries caused by a wine bottle]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/camera-footage-bruises-inflicted-sheree-886786260.jpg?strip=all&w=911)
