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The scorned wife of a Birmingham DJ has taken her revenge for an on-air remark by selling his luxury sports car on the internet for 50p.

Controversial Kerrang 105.2 presenter Tim Shaw's "pride and joy" - a Lotus Esprit Turbo worth about £25,000 - was sold by his wife Hayley while he was presenting his Asylum show on Thursday night.

Mrs Shaw, aged 27, said her husband's flirtatious interview with glamour model Jodie Marsh earlier that night had been the "last straw" in their relationship.

At one point, Mrs Shaw heard her husband tell Marsh he would leave his wife and two daughters for her.

Immediately, Mrs Shaw put the car up for sale on the ebay auction website and included a "Buy Now" price of 50p.

Not surprisingly, the car was only on the site for five minutes before it was snapped up.

The item description read: "I need to get rid of this car immediately - ideally in the next two to three hours before my... husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.

"I am the registered owner and I have the log book. Please only buy if you can pick up tonight."

Mrs Shaw told The Birmingham Post: "When he said he would leave me and the kids for Jodie Marsh, that was it for me.

"He has two daughters. One of them goes to school. I am sick of him disrespecting his family for the sake of his act. Maybe it was childish but I had had a few drinks that night and I just thought I would get him back the best way I could.

"The car is his pride and joy but the idiot put my name on the logbook so I just sold it.

"I didn't care about the money, I just wanted to get him back."

The Birmingham Post was unable to contact Mr Shaw for comment through the Kerrang 105.2 offices yesterday.

His wife said: "I don't know if he knows it has gone yet. He came back that night to find all his clothes in the street. He has tried to call me a couple of times but I haven't taken them.

"There is no hope for a reconciliation. There have been a few things but this was the last straw.

"He is always talking about Jodie Marsh and how much he fancies her but he didn't tell me she was going to be on the show.

"He was all over her during the interview, it was pathetic. They were both being flirtatious and then he said what he said. I am sick of being disrespected."

The Birmingham Post has spoken to the buyer but he does not want to be named.