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20th June 2003: Both Mike Baldwin and Karen McDonald realised they’d made one of the biggest mistakes of their lives when they got involved with ex-convict Joe Carter. Mike made him Underworld factory manager while Karen succumbed to his charms and left husband Steve for him. Joe then started to defraud Mike of his money and clients from under his nose to the point where redundancies were threatened. Feeling guilty at the effect her actions were having on her pals, Karen confessed all to Mike, only to find that he’d already sussed out what was going on. Karen overheared Joe telling Mike that the only reason he started a relationship with her was so that he could use her to help in the fraud and in revenge she gave Mike a complete list of their crooked dealings. Mike threw the pair out of town.
 * For more information see Episode 5529 (20th June 2003).