treatment of Ian when she sees Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White) get framed for his attack, leading to her disappearance, unaware that she has been murdered by Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith). Sharon decides to confess the truth to the police, despite Phil's attempts to stop her, and he is arrested. A baby, Alyssa Lennox, is left on Sharon's doorstep and she soon discovers that Alyssa was her son Dennis's daughter, after a brief relationship with Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith), before his death. Sharon supports Jada and Alyssa, but Phil encourages Sharon to go for full custody when he believes that Jada is irresponsible. They keep this a secret from Jada, but Zack discovers the truth and tells her, and Jada flees with Alyssa. Sharon disowns Zack but they reconcile when he convinces Jada to return with Alyssa. Sharon discovers that Ben is the "Walford Attacker" when she catches him bludgeoning a man with a pole. She agrees to keep quiet and tells Phil, who asks her to assist his now-fiancée, Kat, in managing his businesses. When Phil's sister Sam (Kim Medcalf) returns to Walford and buys Ruby's nightclub - renaming it "Peggy’s", Phil sacks her for her incompetence and instates Sharon as bar manager instead. Sam threatens to inform Kat about Sharon and Phil's secret prison meetings unless she is reinstated back as bar manager, but Sharon forces her to drop her threats when she warns her of the consequences of crossing Phil. Sharon later learns from Linda that Sam had purchased the club from the money Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) had stolen from Linda's daughter Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) and her boyfriend Zack, to give to Linda who invested it with Denise into her salon 'Fox & Hair', which Denise sold one half of and gave the money to Sam, who was blackmailing her. On the opening of Peggy's, Sharon, Kat, Sam, and Shirley are held hostage by henchmen sent from Phil's old business associate Jonah Tyler (Mark Mooney) to sabotage the event, resulting in Sam getting shot, though they are unaware that Sam had orchestrated the siege. Shortly after, Kat discovers that Sharon has been secretly visiting Phil in prison and sacks her. Sharon continues to visit Phil and is distraught when Phil is presumed dead after turning down protection from the police by refusing to become an informant. It later transpires that Phil had decided to take the