later confronts Owen, but is forced to pay when Owen makes it clear that he knows about his "shady" past. Towards the start of 2014, Phelan returns with a business proposition for Owen – offering him a 20% stake in a block of luxury flats being built if he invests. Anna and Gary become concerned that Phelan will con them, but Katy convinces Owen to move forward with the plan. Owen invests £80,000 into the deal while Anna remains insistent that Phelan is a conman. When it appears that Phelan may have conned them after his share isn't put into the account, Owen suspects that Anna may have been right and confronts Phelan – only to learn that his share has already been secured in the account. Anna later visits Phelan to apologise for Owen's outburst, but is left uneasy when it becomes apparent that he is attracted to her. Phelan continues to show signs of attractiveness towards Anna, who doesn't tell Owen about this. She soon invites Phelan around to the house and tells him to stay away from her, but he makes a move on her before leaving. When Gary finds out about this, he confronts Phelan at the builder's yard and tells him to stay away from his mum. However, after Phelan brands her a "tart", Gary attacks him and knocks him out with a plank of wood. Believing him to be dead, he calls Owen in a panic. Phelan's body disappears, and a few days later, he is revealed to be alive when confronts Owen and Gary and tells them that the attack has been caught on CCTV, which includes Gary leaving him for dead. He then proceeds to blackmail them by demanding that they work on the rest of the flats for free, which would leave Owen bankrupt, or he'd take the tape to the police and have Gary arrested. Having no other choice, Owen agrees and he loses everything. Owen and his family are forced to move into the flat at 19a Rosamund Street. Owen's ex-wife, Linda Hancock (Jacqueline Leonard), arrives and wants to see her daughters. It is revealed that Owen lied about why she left; as she had been having an affair and when Owen discovered this, he threw her out and refused to let her see their daughters. He desperately tries to explain himself but his daughters are furious, especially Katy,