Listen to rants of 'Nagsbo' Britain's worst wife as neighbours say 'she's your worst nightmare'

'She's your worst nightmare as a neighbour but imagine living with the beast of Butt Lane'

Wife from hell: Julie Griffiths

The terrifying tirades of ­Britain’s most nagging wife have been laid bare – in tapes released by her long-suffering neighbours.
The recordings were compiled as evidence against domestic bully Julie Griffiths over 18 months, helping to secure her five-year Asbo.
The 43-year-old subjected husband Norman to years of verbal abuse that could be heard clearly in the street.

Her vile temper would flare up over anything – and two riot vans carrying 20 cops once raced over as neighbours feared for Norman’s life.
Griffiths has since moved but one former neighbour said yesterday: “There were arguments about all sorts of trivial stuff.
“Whenever poor Norman went out to cut the grass, you had to get the tin hats on, as she would go berserk and start throwing things. The sound of the kitchen being trashed was a regular thing.

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“We heard her raging because he had not spotted a tiny bit of grass not mown ­properly.
“Another time she went crazy when he took the last of the cornflakes.
“We’ve listened to Julie go mental when Norman comes home and forgets to take his shoes off. Our landline number was out on red alert at the police station and we were always treated as a priority incident, no matter what.”
Last year Griffiths – dubbed Nagsbo and also known as the Beast of Butt Lane in reference to a nearby main road – left her home of 13 years in Talke, Staffs, with Norman, 63, in tow.
But last month police rushed him from their new address to a safe house following their latest bust-up. Norman, married to Griffiths for 27 years, also spent last Christmas Eve in hospital after a row.
Her former neighbours are afraid to be named – despite her now living in Fenton on the other side of Stoke. In one of their recordings, Griffiths yells at retired toffee factory worker Norman: “You f****** b*****d! Shut your f****** gob! Get out of the f****** house!”
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On another occasion, Griffiths yelled at Norman: “Drop down f****** dead, you f****** lazy b*****d!
“Stop winding me up. You know what will happen if you f****** don’t!”
One former neighbour said: “We’ll never forget how about 20 police descended on the street, in two riot vans, and staked the place out.
“They thought Norman’s life might be in danger.
“Julie’s been arrested on about six occasions in the time we’ve lived here.
“We heard her shouting at Norman, ‘I’m not your punchbag,’ which is ­laughable, as she’s the one having a go at him.
“She’d scream, ‘Those b*****ds next door are recording me 24/7’ – so she got that right. We had the gear 18 months and the council told us how to use it.
“She accused my missus of spying on her, yelling at her, ‘You f****** b***h, watching and staring at me.’ We’re led to believe Julie has been on an anger management course, but it doesn’t seem to have done her any good. If you didn’t laugh at it all, you’d cry.”
Griffiths would study her neighbours’ daily habits, loudly reciting when they would have a cup of tea or a meal, or watch TV, to sinisterly tell them she knew their every move.
Towards the end of the couple’s time in Talke, ­residents said bust-ups got more common after long-suffering Norman retired.

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She landed in trouble with the law after a tirade when he failed to buy the correct Lotto scratchcard and did not give her back her 50p change.
The “Julie-effect” even prompted some locals to sell up and leave the area.
The neighbour went on: “She did 12-hour night shifts in a clothes factory. That’s the only time there was peace here. The street is quiet and so lovely now. The house sold for auction for £35,000.
“I even suggested to my Dad to buy it and then knock it down. She painted it a salmon colour a few years ago, even that was to wind everybody up. It stands out like a sore thumb, just like her.”
Last month, the Mirror revealed how Griffiths was arrested for allegedly assaulting Norman – but no action was taken by Staffordshire Police.
She was handed her five-year Asbo in 2012 but breached the order in 2013 and was hauled into court. There was disbelief when her lawyer, Alan Dawson, said: “Arguments take place and are overheard by neighbours. I don’t think there is any intent to cause problems.”
But her former neighbour said: “He must have been joking. It was all day, all night, most days of the week.
“I invite him to try living next door to her. He’d need permanent earplugs.”
Griffiths declined to comment.

 

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Coming through loud and clear, the tapes of shame

Fed-up neighbours recorded hours of audio over 18 months, after instruction from the council. Here are some of her foul-mouthed rants:
6.20pm, September 28, 2012:
Griffiths: “You f****** b*****d.
“Just f*** off!
“Leave me alone! Leave me alone! Leave me alone!
“Shut your f****** gob!
“I said shut up!
“Stop winding me up!
“You f****** b*****d!
“Get out of the f****** house!
“I know you can hear me, thanks for upsetting me again.”
Screaming gets louder.
“I do everything you f****** idle b*****d!”
At 6.30pm the police arrive and Griffiths appears to refuse to answer the door.
Ten minutes later officers gain access and issue her with a warning.
Moments later there is shouting at neighbours.
Griffiths: “Wasting police time now, you f****** b*****ds!”
Windows and doors heard being repeatedly opened and slammed.
11am, September 29, 2012:
Griffiths is heard throwing objects around the kitchen and shouting.
Griffiths: “Leave me alone, you b*****ds, thanks for winding me f****** up again!
7.15pm, September 30, 2012:
Griffiths: “Why don’t you f****** shut up then!
“You’re a f****** b*****d!”
Sudden banging on separating wall in the house and shouting aimed at the couple’s female neighbour.
Griffiths: “You f****** b***h!”
October 2012:
Griffiths: “Drop down f****** dead, you f****** lazy b*****d!
“Leave me alone, stop winding me up!
“You know what will happen if you f****** don’t!”
9am, November 18, 2012:
Griffiths: “At least I bath every f****** day!
“Just get f****** out!
“Shut f****** up, or get f****** out!
“You can see what your f****** doing to me!
“Just leave me alone!”
Ten minutes of loud banging on doors, walls and kitchen worktops follows.