 He later helps Owen break into Phelan's house to steal his motorcycle and lock the vehicle into his yard, which later forced Phelan to repay his debt to Owen.Later on, Phelan and his wife Valerie (Caroline Berry) visited the Armstrong-Windass family around Christmas that year.Phelan proposed that Gary and Owen work alongside him on a building project that will allow them to make £200,000 in exchange for Owen investing his £80,000 savings onto the project, to which he reluctantly agrees.