Fraudster left estate agency on brink of bankruptcy by swindling £129k to fund affair with personal trainer

A FRAUDSTER left her respected estate agency on the brink of bankruptcy by swindling £128,868 to fund an affair with her personal trainer.

Lettings boss Joanne Barker, 46, plundered rental payments earmarked for landlords.

CavendishCheating Lettings boss Joanne Barker, left, with business partner Jo-Anne Tweedley, whose business was left in tatters[/caption]

Her crimes went on for four years under the noses of husband Paul, 50, and their friends and business partners Ian and Jo-Anne Tweedley.