'Greedy' exec who stole from Manchester City to pay for wedding ordered to cough up just £2,550

A former Manchester City executive who stole from the club to pay for her wedding has been ordered to pay back just £2,550.

Fiona Barclay, 34, who worked as a business development manager for City within the football club's hospitality department, earning up to £30,000 a year, was jailed in November last year for fraud.

She was caught swindling over £100,000 from the club. After she was discovered, she told the police she'd used her ill-gotten gains to pay for her wedding and buy 'gifts' for her husband and family.

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Today (July 7) appearing over video-link from her native Falkirk for a Proceeds of Crime Act Hearing, she was ordered to pay back just £2,550. At the beginning of the hearing when asked if she was alone on the video call, she told the judge that her seven-week-old baby was next to her.

Judge Timothy Smith said: “In light of everything uploaded, the benefit figure is £104,934.16, arising out of general criminal conduct.

“The available amount is £2,550. This must be paid back by October 6.”

He said the confiscation of the monies is to be paid as compensation directly to Manchester City Football Club.

In November last year, Manchester Crown Court heard that Barclay was rumbled after accountants flagged a suspicious transaction, when a refund of £25,000 had been issued in March last year.

Ms Shaw said it aroused suspicion 'by the fact it was a large round number'. Barclay was questioned and she admitted she'd made an 'error', and apologised.

She admitted depositing £15,000 of the sum into her own bank account, and paid it back to the club. But the club investigated further and discovered that Barclay had been siphoning money from the club