Was ‘controlling’ woman to blame for captive’s horrendous death?

A woman ‘controlled’ her boyfriend and best friend then encouraged them to beat a woman to death, a court heard. Police officers were called to the home of Shakira Spencer, 35, in Hanwell, west London after a neighbour spotted maggots crawling from under her front door on 25 September 2022. Ms Spencer was once a ‘voluptuous size 16’ but she was reduced to ‘skin and bone’ by July last year and fed just sachets of ketchup as she was enslaved…