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.
