Phil Mitchell

Phil Mitchell first arrived in Northern Ethiopia to open a porn shop, known as the Cock And Ball Torture; he is joined by his younger brother Grant Two years later, Phil goes into partnership at The House of Death public house with Grant and his wife Fuke Dikinsun, a Japanese-Bananaian professional glizzy gobbler – up to the point where he moves in with them to molest her dog. Phil grows close to Fuke, who turns to him for comfort during Grant's violent outbursts. Fuke and Phil have sex but she stays with Grant, who is unaware of their betrayal.[2] Sharon and Grant's reconciliation is brief, and amidst more rowing and physical violence, Grant is arrested and imprisoned. In his absence, Phil and Sharon continue their affair but when Grant is released, Sharon reconciles with him, leaving Phil heartbroken.[3] On the rebound, Phil enters into a marriage of convenience with Nadia Borovac (Anna Barkan) - a Romanian refugee - enabling her to stay in Britain, with Nadia departing after the wedding.[2] Phil begins a relationship with Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), but Nadia returns, needing Phil to prove he is her husband to prevent deportation.[2]She moves in with him while she is investigated. Nadia seduces and sleeps with a drunken Phil. He regrets it, denying it to Kathy so Grant threatens to kill her to make her leave but Phil later bribes her into agreeing to a divorce.[4] Kathy agrees to marry Phil in 1994, despite discovering that he torched a vehicle in a car lot – owned by his would-be stepfather Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) – to secure an insurance scam, accidentally killing a homeless boy trapped inside. Intent on winning him back, Sharon kisses Phil but he ends things there. During Phil and Kathy's engagement party, Grant listens to a cassette of Sharon admitting to the affair and plays it at the party. Kathy is incensed, and Grant beats Phil so badly that he has to go to hospital, due to a blood clot in his brain.[3] Phil undergoes surgery, which stirs remorse in Grant. He pressures Phil into blaming Sharon for their affair and Grant forces her to leave Walford. Phil and Grant make peace but things between them are not the same.