Phil Simmonds

Phil Simmonds was a man who befriended Toyah Battersby in September 2000 after being evicted by Duggie Ferguson. He later raped Toyah in 2001. He was caught and was sent to jail in late April.

Phil was evicted from his place in 2000 by Duggie Ferguson and Vinny Sorrell which made him homeless. Phil's neighbor Toyah Battersby was outraged by what they were doing to Phil and befriended him. Phil eventually took legal actions on Duggie but they ended up settling it outside of court.

In April 2000 Phil meet Toyah, shocked to find out she had sided with Duggie. On 15th April Phil raped Toyah in an alleyway. When found by Jason Grimshaw she is taken home where Janice and Les Battersby phone the police. Toyah had no idea who raped her that night, so Phil pretended to help her through the ordeal. Toyah first believed that Duggie was the rapist but this was disproved. Peter Barlow was arrested on suspicion of Rape due to him not giving any DNA samples. For the next few days everyone thought he was the rapist but on the 27th April he was disproved as the rapist. Phil called around at Toyah's house on the 30th April. While Toyah was in the kitchen Phil called out a voice, the voice Toyah heard when she was raped. Phil attacked Toyah, Peter heard the screams and ran into the house and stoped Phil. Phil denied the rape charges at first but the DNA on Toyah's clothes and Phil's DNA were a perfect match.

In August Toyah went to visit Phil at Strangeways Jail. Phil revealed to Toyah that he had attested suicide later on he admitted to Rape after pleading not guilty for several months.

List of appearances
2000 2001
 * Fri 1st Sep
 * Mon 9th Apr
 * Wed 25th Apr
 * Fri 27th Apr
 * Sun 29th Apr
 * Mon 30th Apr
 * Mon 6th Aug