This is the ear-splitting ranting of a wife-from-hell whose shouting and swearing was secretly recorded by the long-suffering neighbours she tormented for years.

Britain's most nagging wife Julie Griffiths, 45, can be heard screaming at her husband Norman, 63, because he is having a cigarette in bed at home in Stoke-on-Trent.

The audio, which can be heard for the first time today, was used to secure a five-year Asbo for Griffiths, whose explosive tirades rang out across the Staffordshire neighbourhood.

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Shocking audio: Britain's most nagging wife Julie Griffiths, 45, can be heard screaming at her husband Norman, 63, because he is having a cigarette in bed at home in Stoke-on-Trent

On one occasion 20 police in riot gear were sent to her house as she berated Norman because people in the street feared for his safety.

Neighbours said Mr Griffiths would be constantly yelled at, especially for not cutting the grass properly, smoking in the house, having his shoes on indoors or eating the last of the cornflakes.

The screaming became so bad that it led law enforcers to install noise monitoring equipment to measure the volume of her shouting.

Rant: Griffiths, pictured in 2012 around the time of her ASBO being issued, made life hell for Norman and their neighbours

On one released today, from the morning of August 27 2012, she can be heard shouting at Norman: 'Get out if you want a fag. Go. You're not smoking in bed, I said get out if you want a fag. Get out if you want a fag. Get your shoes on and get out if you want a fag. Now get out.'

Griffiths then continues her rant, screeching: 'Not gone yet, can't hear the door, get your shoes on and get out, otherwise you'll know about it. Get out, Do I have to say it again.'

Later she tells her husband: 'Don't worry Norman, I'm just about sick of you!'

In another recording she is heard yelling at British Gas for failing to send an engineer.

The neighbour recording her says to himself: 'She's kicking off at British Gas again'.

Further clips referred to during a previous court case show she was aware of being recorded, but continues regardless.

She says to Norman: 'Stop ignoring me, you. I am being recorded by them next door now thanks to you. They are recording every day. Because of you I keep f*****g up.'

On another occasion she says: 'You f****** b*****d! Shut your f****** gob! Get out of the f****** house! Drop down f****** dead, you f****** lazy b*****d!

'Stop winding me up. You know what will happen if you f****** don't!'

The couple has since moved but one neighbour told the Mirror today: '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. 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'.

Last month it emerged that Norman, who has been married to Julie for around 27 years, was forced to flee to a safehouse.

It was reported that the retired toffee factory worker had to be moved away from his wife under police protection after his retirement led to increase in the amount of abuse.

It is believed the homes on both sides of the couple's Staffordshire house are empty, partly due to the noise.

Evidence: Mrs Griffiths was given a five-year Asbo after neighbours of her orange former home were given recording equipment to capture her explosive rants

Complaints had been made against Mrs Griffiths' moaning since 1999, but it was around thirteen years before she received her Asbo.

The ruling prohibited her from creating noise audible to neighbouring properties, shouting, screaming or banging on internal doors and communicating with certain neighbours.

Last year, she was fined for the noise she made when berating 64-year-old Mr Griffiths for buying the wrong type of lottery scratchcard.

That was followed by a third court appearance, where she was accused of laying into her partner's hygiene.

Last summer, Mrs Griffiths was again arrested over an alleged attack on her husband, but the charge was later dropped.