Channel 5's My Wife, My Abuser exposes chilling 20-year abuse of man by his wife. The new documentary, set to air on Monday, 18th March, tells the story of Richard Spencer, who was subjected to years of abuse from his wife Sheree Spencer.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Richard Spencer suffered two decades of abuse at the hands of his wife ShereeFrom an outsider's perspective, Richard Spencer had the perfect life - a successful career on a six-figure salary, living in a large seven bedroom home nestled in a leafy suburb with his wife and their three beautiful young girls.
Last night, the brave father-of-three spoke openly about the abuse he suffered at the hands of his wife in the harrowing Channel 5 documentary 'My Wife, My Abuser: The Secret Footage'. From an outsider's perspective, Richard Spencer had the perfect life. Yet for two decades he was suffering abuse at the hands of his wife Sheree. Pictured: The couple on their wedding daySheree Spencer was jailed for four years last month after he secretly recorded the abuse on cameras installed to monitor their children
Disturbing audio footage played reveals Spencer telling her husband as he washed away the egg shells: 'Keep cleaning you c***. Keep cleaning you dirty b****. Keep scrubbing man, scrub away you b****.' In a bid to try and hurt her husband, who she called a 'robot', Spencer would try and use his childhood trauma to inflict further pain - callously make comments such as 'I hope your sister dies from breast cancer' and 'I hope she's dead'.
Spencer tried to portray Richard as the villain in their relationship. At one point during a rage, Spencer smashed a wine bottle over Richard's ear leaving it permanently disfigured. Eventually the couple's neighbours became aware of the abusive relationship, with Richard eventually opening up about his wife's behaviour following a BBQ next door that Spencer interrupted to order the children to go to bed.
The hidden nanny cam gave a vital way out for battered husband Richard after he endured years of physical and verbal abuse from his wife, that sometimes left him 'broken' in a foetal position One clip showed her clutching one of the young girls, telling her 'he's a horrible, horrible man and we'll get rid of him soon'.
'He could put up with abuse if he got the family life he wanted and he felt like he deserved. So he was happy, to an extent, continue their dysfunctional family, if it meant he had a family to go home to.'Bite marks and bruises shown on Richard's body after he suffered from an attack from his wife Throughout the programme, bodycam footage from officer's showed the moment they arrived at the Yorkshire home to interview Spencer over the images of domestic abuse they had seen.
When probed by officers on the nanny-cam footage that showed her clutching a 'carving knife', Spencer said she 'went to push him back'. Officers said Spencer went into autopilot as she explained the scenario - she was saying 'I was saying I wanted to die and I was giving Richard the knife and saying you're going to have to kill me because I can't live like this any more'.
'The broadcast has been delayed due to the legal challenges for about six months, but now it is finally going to be shown. I'm hopeful that the film will be well received and will make a difference.'