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When a woman got home and found a note from her husband saying he was leaving her and their two children, she decided to get her revenge.

The wife posted pictures of him around town with his details, warning other women about is alleged cheating ways.

But some people just can’t stop themselves trying to exact revenge on their exes…

Speeding to jail

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Vicky Pryce was jailed thanks to her burning desire to avenge her cheating ex.

After Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne left her for another woman, Pryce unveiled the sorry saga of how she took his speeding points, claiming he forced her into it.

His downfall was assured.

But the scandal eventually rebounded on her when a jury found her guilty of perverting the course of justice as well.

Angry? Join the club

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Golfer Nick Faldo’s girlfriend Brenna Cepelak was seriously teed off when he dumped her in 1998.

When the 23-year-old American went to collect her belongings from the couple’s love nest in Surrey, she flew into a rage and attacked Nick’s Porsche... with his own golf club.

The damage ended up costing about £10,000.

Cook the book

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Margaret Cook took a less violent approach when her husband Robin, the Leader of the House of Commons, left her to marry his secretary.

Dr Cook wrote her memoirs, accusing him of having a series of affairs, drinking heavily, being bitter at not winning the Labour leadership and suffering impotency.

House chopped in half

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A man about to be divorced carefully measured their summer house before cutting it exactly in two with a chainsaw.

He then drove off with his half in a forklift truck from Sonneberg, in eastern Germany in 2007.

A police spokesman said: “He told us he was just taking his due but I don’t think his wife was too pleased.”

His half of the house is now at his brother’s place.

Driven crazy by facebook

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Claire Holley, 31, drove boyfriend Davy Jones’ car through the doors of the Bolton bowling alley where he worked, causing £14,000 of damage, when he changed his status to “single” on Facebook without warning.

She got a nine-month suspended sentence and an 18-month driving ban in 2012.

Man(hood) alive!

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Lorena Bobbit went to extreme measures in 1993, claiming her husband had raped her.

While former marine John Wayne slept she grabbed a carving knife, hacked off his manhood and threw it into a field in Virginia, USA.

Fortunately, a fireman found the severed organ and surgeons were able to re-attached it during a delicate nine-hour operation.

The procedure was such a success that John, then 26, even went on to have a brief career as a porn star.

He was cleared of spousal abuse and 23-year-old Lorena was acquitted of assault after her lawyer claimed she suffered “temporary insanity”.

Bid her farewell

Jealous Paul Osborn put wife Sharon up for sale on ebay when he suspected her of cheating.

Paul, 44, got bids of £500,100 for his “cheating, lying, adulterous s**** of a wife”.

Sharon, 43, denied an affair and Paul, of Bletchley, Bucks, got a police caution. The couple split up.

Tatt's mean

One Rossie Brovent from Dayton, Ohio, was said to be seeking £60,000 in damages last year after lover Ryan Fitzjerald tattooed a coiled pile of excrement on her back.

Rossie was purported to have asked for a scene from the Narnia trilogy but ended up with something much less wholesome after Fitzjerald found out she’d been cheating on him.

No official records to do with the incident were found afterwards, sparking suggestions it was an elaborate hoax.

Scent of a woman scorned

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When Zoe Reed, of Sussex, suspected husband Michael was cheating on her, she relieved herself in his aftershave.

She said: “I’ve never felt so satisfied. I knew what his girlfriend would kiss.”

It went on for five years.