Owen Armstrong Owen Armstrong is a former owner of the Builder ' s Yard on Victoria Street . He is the father of Izzy Armstrong and Katy Armstrong . Following a huge row with long - term partner Anna Windass , the couple split up in April 2015 - their relationship having been torn apart by their financial and family problems . Feeling unable to stay in Weatherfield , Owen accepted an offer of work from a friend in Aberdeen . Biography . 1958 - 2010 . Owen was a single parent , his wife Linda having walked out on him in 1997 . He tracked his oldest daughter Izzy down to the Rovers Return Inn pub on Coronation Street in June 2010 . Owen and Izzy were not talking at that time and Gary Windass warned him to back off when he thought Owen was harassing her , however he revealed that he was her father . Owen gave Izzy a peace offering and she begrudgingly agreed to have Sunday lunch with him . He also chatted up Liz McDonald whilst in the pub . In July 2010 , Owen overheard Carla Connor approaching local builder Bill Webster about refitting Underworld after it was destroyed by her phsycho ex - husband Tony Gordon . Owen offered to give Carla a quote leaving Bill furious . Owen later agreed to refurbish the factory , and when he had a row with Bill in the Rovers after Bill accused him to stealing his business , Liz stepped in and defused the situation , leaving Owen smitten with her . Izzy was less than happy when her dad started working nearby , and angered when Owen earwigged on her conversations and attempted to persuade her to dissuade her younger sister Katy from going on holiday with friends . In August 2010 , Owen offered work to Chris Gray and local builder Jason Grimshaw . He also took on Bill but was furious when he accidentally dropped a bucket of cement over Izzy , and tension between the pair rose again , although they later made a peace offering in the Rovers . Bill also agreed to sell the yard to Owen and retire . Owen flirted with Jason ' s mother Eileen and they arranged a date , and she got drunk on their date in the Rovers . Owen late gave her advice after she found out her landlord was selling up and she may end up homeless , and offered her a job to do the yard ' s books . In September 2010 , Owen continued to date Liz and pass his relationship Eileen as just business , and Sean Tully saw Owen and Liz kissing . Sean informed Eileen who berated Owen and Liz . Owen told Eileen he was going to dock Jason ' s wages for his timekeeping but an angry Eileen stole from the safe in the yard to pay Jason . Owen was also out of his comfort zone when he discovered Katy was dating Chesney Brown , and even more so when she started bunking off school to go to the market with Chesney where he worked . In October 2010 , when he found out Katy and Chesney had slept together , Owen was less than happy and pinned Chesney against a wall telling him to stay away from Katy . He later talked to Fiz and John about his disapproval of Katy and Chesney sleeping together at No . 5 . Chesney decided to move out when Fiz banned Katy from coming round and Katy suggested they find a place of their own , but Owen forbayed them from living together , but eventually gave his blessing to them staying at No . 5 . In November 2010 , Liz ' s ex - husband Jim McDonald sent her some flowers , but Owen met him at The Flying Horse and warned him to stay away from her . Owen later arranged to have Jim beaten up and hospitalised and even visited him in hospital , again threatening Jim and implying that it was him who arranged the beating . 2011 - 2013 . In January 2011 , Owen offered Gary , who was dating Izzy at the time , a job but when Jason accidentally locked him in a van , Gary lashed out due to his claustraphobia upon being let out . He attacked Owen but Jason managed to restrain him . He immediately sacked Gary and told Izzy that unless she dumped him he would also be reporting him to the police . Later that month , Owen checked Eileen ' s roof and told her that it needed thousands of pounds worth of work doing before it would deteriorate further . Eileen put in an insurance claim , however , it was rejected as the roof damage was down to neglect . Eileen blamed Owen , but he told her that she should have paid for a full survey . Whilst Eileen was going through Owen ' s books , Carla arrived and payed a £10 , 000 cheque which she owed . Eileen then stole the cheque . Carla informed Owen that she ' d given the cheque to Eileen and he told Carla he had forgotten about it . Owen began to feel guilty about the way he had treated Eileen and offered to repair her roof . Owen ' s bank card was later rejected and he realised that his money had been stolen . He invited Eileen for a drink , where he told her that he knew she stole money from him . He then threatened to call the police . Eileen confessed her crime to her half - sister Julie Carp , who reminded her that she knew Owen had been ripping off the taxman . Eileen and Julie broke into the builder ' s yard and stole documents proving Owen ' s tax evasion . Eileen told Owen that she needed to see him . He arrived at Eileen ' s , where she gave him a £10 , 000 cheque and showed him the copies of the documents proving his tax evasion and theft . Eileen later told Sunita Alahan about Owen ' s tax evasion and suggested that she blackmail Owen into finishing her shop refurbishment . Knowing Eileen told Sunita , Owen secretly took Jason ' s house keys and let himself into Eileen ' s . He found the documents and took them . He filed the documents away and reported Eileen to the police for fraud . The police visited Owen and he told them that Eileen had been embezzling money from his business . Eileen was arrested , but Izzy later forced Owen to apologise to her . In July 2011 , Owen purchased 6 Coronation Street so that Anna Windass would have a secure home for her adoptive daughter Faye Butler . It was clear that Owen was interested in Anna romantically but Faye interfered by stealing Owen ' s phone and sent a text message to Anna pretending to be Owen . Anna was baffled when the text told her that he no longer had an interest in her and was cancelling their date . It wasn ' t long before Gary found Owen ' s phone in Faye ' s bedroom forced her to tell the truth that she sent the text message . When Owen tried to arrange another date with Anna , she declined saying that it wouldn ' t be fair as Faye already had too much upheaval in her life . Owen was disappointed but told Anna that he understood . Owen and Anna were unable to fight their feelings for one another and later began a relationship but decided that it would be best to keep it from Faye to avoid upsetting her . However , Faye spotted them together and was immediately annoyed . After some initial resistance , Gary assured her that they would not abandon her and she accepted Owen from that point . 2013 - 2015 . Owen did work for Pat Phelan in October 2013 , but after he refused to pay , Owen discovered that Phelan was bankrupt . Unable to get cash out of either Pat or his snooty wife Valerie , Owen broke into the couple ' s house with Gary ' s help and stole Pat ' s motorbike . Pat came round to the yard and paid them what was owed . A few days before Christmas , Phelan turned up at No . 6 with a business proposition for Owen , offering him a flat - conversion contract and wanting Owen to front the project as he was bankrupt . Anna wasn ' t pleased and didn ' t want Owen to agree . Phelan and Owen met up a couple of weeks later to discuss the deal , with Phelan telling Owen that he needed £80 , 000 upfront for the costs but guaranteed that he would make over £200 , 000 profit . Owen decided to talk the arrangement over with Anna and Phelan stated that he would give Owen twenty - four hours to think things over . Despite family reservations , their business partnership was agreed . When Owen realised that Phelan didn ' t put his share into the account he tried in vain to contact Phelan and believed that Phelan may have conned them . Pat later turned up at the Builder ' s Yard and revealed that the money was already in the account , much to Owen ' s embarrassment . Anna then went round to Pat ' s house to apologise for having a go at him , but later felt uneasy in his presence and left . During numerous meets with Pat and his wife , Anna felt increasingly awkward - especially on one occasion when Pat had stroked her across the back and kept complimenting her appearance . Anna decided to settle the score and invited Phelan round to No . 6 to tell him to back off . However Phelan , seemingly oblivious to her demands , began to accuse her of trying to come onto him . He appeared to try and make a move on her , but soon left leaving Anna worried . That night she backed out of another meeting with the Phelans at Nick ' s Bistro , feigning illness . When Gary found out about Phelan ' s inappropriate advances towards his mother , he approached Pat at the site after all the workers had left and began questioning him about what went on . Pat then began goading Gary , accused Anna of being a tart and the pair got into a fight ; Gary hit Phelan over the head with a plank of wood and knocked him unconscious . Believing that he had killed Pat , Gary summoned Owen to the site but they quickly discovered there was no sign of him . Phelan turned up again a few of days later , proving that he was alive and well . At the building site the following day , he took Gary and Owen into the site office and revealed the CCTV footage which showed Gary attacking him . Phelan assured both Gary and Owen that he had further copies , and then demanded that they either completed the work for a minimum wage gleaning no profit or he would hand the the CCTV footage in to the police . Owen complied to Phelan ' s orders despite Gary ' s reluctance , as Owen didn ' t want his grandson Jake without a father figure if Gary were to be sent down . Pat eventually released Owen and Gary from the contract , but not before taking Owen ' s £80 , 000 investment and blackmailing Anna to sleep with him . Thanks to this the Windass and Armstrong clan were finally free from Pat , however at the expense of going bankrupt and Owen was forced to sell the yard . Discovering Anna had slept with Pat to release them from the contract , Owen temporarily split from her , but the pair eventually reconciled . In late 2014 Owen was forced to sell No . 6 to help pay their debts , and the family moved into 19a Rosamund Street . Owen ' s ex - wife Linda Hancock turned up after almost twenty years , wanting to see their girls again . After Owen ' s attempts to stop her , she revealed to Izzy and Katy that he denied her access all those years ago . The family turned sour towards Owen for this revelation , and he felt obliged to allow Linda back into their lives . When Linda decided to move back to Portugal , she asked Owen to join her but he remained behind out of loyalty to Anna . A few weeks later , Owen was angry when 13 - year - old Faye gave birth to a baby girl and he attacked her friend Craig Tinker believing he was the father ( and subsequently punched Kirk Sutherland ) . Owen was arrested and cautioned , but this was the final nail in the coffin for his relationship with Anna and she dumped him . After a failed attempt at reconciliation , Owen decided that he couldn ' t remain in Weatherfield and went to visit Katy in Portugal , and then planned to move to Aberdeen to work with a mate . After saying his goodbyes , he drove off in his van to Manchester Airport . Quotes . " I was beginning to think you ' d fled the country " ( First line , to daughter Izzy ) " Bye Anna " ( Final line )