John Arnley John Arnley was Toyah Battersby ' s lecherous tutor at Granston Technical College when she was studying an arts course and the cause of her eventual departure from Weatherfield . She started a hesitant relationship with John in early December 2002 although she was shy and reticent in giving any details about him to her flat - mates Fiz Brown and Maria Sutherland . After a week or so she invited him to join her for a Sunday lunchtime drink in the Rovers where Fiz and Maria met him for the first time and were surprised that , at forty - one years of age , he was considerably older than Toyah . A week or so later , on Christmas Day , John turned up briefly to tell Toyah that they had a chance of a week away in a friend ' s farmhouse in Bordeaux . This break away went well and they came back at New Year , supposedly closer than ever , but there were dark clouds looming as it became obvious that there was an underlying attraction between Maria and John . Knowing that Toyah and Fiz were out , John called on Maria alone at the flat and they began their own secret passionate fling . Almost immediately afterwards , Maria was disgusted with herself and became panic - stricken when Fiz caught them out . She insisted that Maria tell Toyah what had happened and reveal to her the true nature of her boyfriend but a scared Maria was more than reluctant to comply . John himself remained cool about the situation , telling Fiz to her face that she wouldn ' t reveal all to Toyah as she wouldn ' t warn to be the one to hurt her friend . He then tried it on with Maria again but this time was firmly rebuffed . Things went badly wrong though a few weeks later when Maria discovered that she was pregnant . Without telling Toyah who the father was , she confessed her condition . When John was told the news , he told Maria that he ' d heard she ' d slept about a bit ( which earned him a slapped face ) and also offered to pay for a termination . Toyah , still blissfully ignorant of her tutor ' s true nature , accompanied Maria when she went for her abortion and couldn ' t understand why Fiz wasn ' t being as supportive . John confessed to Toyah that , for reasons he couldn ' t understand , he felt her flatmates didn ' t like him and suggested that they move in together . After a few days thought , she accepted this offer , appalling Fiz and Maria . Toyah lost her temper with Fiz , berating her soundly for her lack of support for Maria and her continuous rudeness to John , provoking the upset girl into revealing the truth about her boyfriend . Toyah stormed round to the Rovers to confront Maria at work where she gave the impression that John had forced himself on her . With her own history of being a rape victim , Toyah then interrupted one of John ' s tutor groups with the accusation and attacked him . He calmed her down but the incident showed Toyah that her own rape attack at the hands of Phil Simmonds would always hang over her . She finished with John , telling him that she pitied the next student who ended up with him . Her old lover , Spider Nugent , had returned for a short while to Weatherfield to stay with his Aunt Emily Bishop and he invited Toyah to join him for a fresh start in London . She accepted and left the Street for good . List of appearances . 2002 2003