juley then has a romance with ruby allen (louisa lytton). their crush starts on 21 november 2005; however, they really push the limits on 12 december 2005 when they have sex together, despite watchful eye of ruby's father, johnny allen (billy murray). the couple do not seem to care about what johnny thinks, but juley has a near-fatal encounter with johnny on 15 december 2005 when johnny ambushes him with a pair of kitchen scissors, with the intent to harm him. juley is only saved when dennis rickman (nigel harman) intervenes. it is subsequently revealed that juley is working for phil mitchell (steve mcfadden), who is paying him to be with ruby to antagonise johnny. ruby later moves in with juley.