It later transpires that Phil and Grant are not on good terms as Phil has borrowed money off Grant which he then gave to Kathy but did not pay Grant back, during the argument Phil tells Grant that Peggy is considering suicide, Phil and Grant then try to talk Peggy out of it and think they have succeeded, When Peggy had left and Phil and Grant are on their own Grant then threatens Phil telling Phil that when Peggy has passed away that he will bring him a war for not paying his money back before Grant leaves again.

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Infuriated with Phil's loyalty to Grant, Kathy reveals their recent tryst, leading to Phil confronting Grant after the heist and Grant confessing that he slept with Kathy to get revenge on Phil for sleeping with Sharon. Phil and Sharon grow closer despite Ben's interjections, but Phil ends up sleeping with Kat in a shock one-night stand, continuing to do so in secret. He confronts Peggy, and after a huge argument, throws a match on the floor and sets the entire room on fire. He told the Mirror: "I think that it is very clear they've [The Knights] got a couple of bags, but actually, they come with a lot of baggage. However, she later tells Phil to lie to the police and do everything she tells him to from now on, and moves in with him.During that time, his character was involved in numerous iconic storylines, such as Sharongate (in which it was revealed that he had an affair with his brother's wife Sharon) in 1994, and the Who Shot Phil? However Ian was wind up merchant to Phil the majority of the time and always deliberately grassed on Phil, and meddled in his marriage to Kathy, so Phil's bullying is more retaliation.

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While trying to escape the police in a getaway car, Phil pulls out a handgun and shoots at the dashboard, which causes Grant to crash into the River Thames. When Phil is out of hospital, he teams up with Max to get revenge on Carl - as the latter had also been feuding with Max after trying to frame him for Phil's hospitalisation. Phil appears unsurprised that Keanu is back but when Keanu enters the Vic the two men trade punches, however Phil later meets Keanu at the Arches and it's revealed Phil and Keanu are working together to take down Samantha. In 2014, he sued the Metropolitan Police and News of the World after a police officer sold details about him to the newspaper. With their relationship in jeopardy, Phil takes Kathy to Paris, hoping that it can bring them closer, but it has the opposite effect when Phil confesses to the affair and Kathy throws her wedding ring into the river.Phil, however, made it quite clear that he won’t become a ‘grass’, and therefore he intends to go out fighting. The next day Phil and Alfie almost fight after Phil makes remarks about Alfie being an absent father, to which Alfie snapped back by asking what age his son Ben went to prison. Phil reports this to the police but is arrested for affray, he tells Kat he loves her before he is taken away in a police car. McFadden stated "I am particularly concerned that a police officer sold my privacy to a tabloid newspaper for profit. Phil is visited by Kat after Tommy stabbed Sid Bello (one of Tommy's bullies that Phil scared off in the Argee Bhajee).