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Patrick Neville Loftus Alfonso Trueman is a fictional character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Rudolph Walker, and made his first appearance on 13 September 2001.
ick arrived in Albert Square for his estranged wife, Audrey's, funeral, as long-lost father of Paul and Anthony, who left when the brothers were young. Paul, especially, found it difficult to adjust to the sudden appearance of the man who had betrayed him all those years ago, but eventually grew a strong bond with him.
Paul began to suspect that Patrick was an imposter when his stories didn't match up chronologically.
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Patrick Neville Loftus Alfonso Trueman is a fictional character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Rudolph Walker, and made his first appearance on 13 September 2001.
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Patrick arrived in Albert Square for his estranged wife, Audrey's, funeral, as long-lost father of Paul and Anthony, who left when the brothers were young. Paul, especially, found it difficult to adjust to the sudden appearance of the man who had betrayed him all those years ago, but eventually grew a strong bond with him.
Paul began to suspect that Patrick was an imposter when his stories didn't match up chronologically. He shared his doubts with his doctor brother, Anthony, and he collected Patrick's DNA from a bloody tissue to be tested with his and Anthony's blood. Although Paul and Anthony had strong differences on who Patrick really was, they were both stunned when the results showed Patrick to be Anthony's biological father but not Paul's. (Paul was in fact the product of an affair between Audrey and Patrick's best friend Milton Hibbert). However, Patrick and Paul grew closer, and thought of each other as father and son regardless.
Patrick was devastated when Anthony lost his job in 2003 after he prescribed the wrong medicine to a pregnant woman, which resulted in her death. As a result, Anthony left Walford to travel the world.
While on holiday in his native Trinidad, Patrick met married Jamaican woman Yolande Duke, to whom he pretended that he wrote love letters (it was actually his friend Jim Branning who had the poetic streak). He enjoyed his saucy fling and was not thrilled when Yolande arrived on his doorstep, having left her husband. Patrick eventually warmed to the idea and grew to love Yolande deeply. Her husband, Victor, a strict Christian, appeared in Walford to take her back to Trinidad. He was convinced that Patrick was a ne'er-do-well and thought that Yolande should return to her life of being a good housewife, although she made it clear that it was his strict, boring, and old-fashioned way of thinking that drove her away from him in the first place. Victor offered a tempted Patrick £15,000 to dump Yolande, however he refused, and Victor lumped the money in Patrick's hands as Yolande walked in, and succeeded in fooling her that Patrick accepted the offer. She was about to leave when Patrick convinced Victor to admit the truth and he went back to Trinidad. In time, Patrick proposed to Yolande and they married in 2004, with Anthony returning for the ceremony.
They briefly fostered a young girl and were devastated when her mother appeared and took her back. Soon after, it became clear Paul had something on his mind and was in trouble. In reality, he had got involved with dealing drugs and decided to grass on his boss, Andy Hunter, after cutting ties with the scam. He revealed the truth to the police and soon afterwards one of Andy's henchmen pursued Paul outside the bed and breakfast. He packed his things and told Patrick and Yolande that he needed to go away for a while to clear his head. He called a taxi and was driving through the Square when he asked the driver to 'make it quick'. A camera shot went to the car mirror, where the driver's eyes were revealed to the viewers, indicating that he was the same man who was pursuing Paul earlier that day. He responded: "Trust me", which left the viewers wondering whether Paul knew who the taxi driver was, and whether he was asking to make his fate quick, or the ride.
Patrick and Yolande discovered that Paul's bank account hadn't been touched since he left, and realised that there was more than met the eye. They reported him missing, and his body was found by the canal. Patrick almost crumbled, but he and Yolande ultimately became stronger through each other's support.
Later on in 2005, Yolande suspected Patrick was cheating on her and hired a honey trap to catch him, but the trap failed and she realised he wasn't having an affair and so apologised. Patrick decided to start up another new business (in addition to the B&B and the shop) and rented the car lot from the Mitchells. He employed Pat Evans to help him with the business and started having a fling with her behind Yolande's back. It was nothing serious, and both enjoyed the fun the affair provoked. Shop worker Stacey Slater discovered the affair after spotting them kissing. A few days later, Patrick decided to call off the affair after he realised how much he loved his wife. They agreed and mentioned how much fun they'd had, and parted on good terms. Stacey couldn't bear to see her boss being mistreated behind her back and decided to tell Yolande about the affair in a packed Queen Vic at Joe Macer and Pauline Fowler's wedding reception. Yolande slapped Patrick and confronted Pat about how she dared sleep with her so-called best friend's husband. Pat responded that she couldn't remember them doing much sleeping and also got slapped, although she retaliated in the same way. Yolande prepared to leave despite Patrick begging her not to, and she eventually gave in, telling him to cut all ties with Pat (and quitting partnership in the car lot), and to rebuild their marriage.
Patrick was excited when his friend, and former bandmate in The Five Hectors, Cedric Lucas was due to visit, Patrick told Jim that Cedric was a 'party animal'. When Cedric and his wife Joy arrived, Cedric was now a frail old man, and declined any offer Patrick made to have fun. Patrick was disappointed, and Cedric went on to tell Patrick that he was dying, and to enjoy life while he still had it. Patrick was sad after Cedric and Joy left, but Yolande told him to stop moping, and danced with him in a rare, touching moment.
Denise Fox later revealed to Yolande that she had never known her father but she knew he was in a band called The Five Hectors. It was therefore possible that Patrick was her father. Patrick took a DNA test but the results revealed he was not her father. However when Denise's daughter Libby excitedly asked him what the results were, he lied and told her he was her grandfather. However, things eventually got too much for him, and he told Denise the truth on 4 December 2006.
On 6 August 2007, he was attacked in the Minute Mart and was found by Chelsea Fox and Deano Wicks, who gave statements saying Sean Slater had attacked Patrick after he and Sean had disagreed loudly earlier that day. Sean was initially charged with attempted murder. Sean's girlfriend, Carly, protested his innocence, angering Patrick. He made a speech in a crowded Vic and thanked Chelsea and Deano for their help. Since the attack, Patrick has suffered from isolated and crowded places but slowly overcame his fear. He went missing when Yolande pressured him to get back into his routine. He hid in the Minute Mart and was found by Libby, who encouraged him to be brave.
On 31 August 2007, Patrick's attacker was revealed to be Craig Dixon, who he had had a disagreement with over the sale of some alcohol. Deano had taken the CCTV footage showing the attacker so that he and Chelsea could set up Sean. The tape eventually fell into the hands of Deano's sister Carly and their father, Kevin Wicks who watched it and saw Craig hit Patrick with a monkey wrench.
In September 2008, Patrick accidentally turned off the chiller cabinet at the Minute Mart and sold unchilled food to customers which gave Dot Branning (amongst others) food poisoning. The resulting complaints meant a visit from an inspector from the Minute Mart head office, who was so impressed with Yolande's efforts to clean up the shop that she was offered a new job at Minute Mart HQ in Birmingham. Yolande accepted with delight and busily prepared for the move, however Patrick was less keen, and when confronted by Yolande, Patrick told her that he wanted to stay in Walford.
On 3 October 2008, Yolande left Albert Square for a new life in Birmingham. She surprised everyone at her leaving party by announcing that she was leaving alone. But as Denise and Patrick waved Yolande off at the tube station, Patrick told Yolande that once he sold their house, he would follow her to Birmingham, in the Midlands.
On Christmas Day 2008, Patrick called around to Number 25 to visit Jim, who had come home for Christmas and they discussed old times. During this, Patrick revealed to Jim that he had decided not to visit Yolande in Birmingham, which Dot had overheard.
When Denise decided to visit Yolande to try and bring her home, an excited Patrick thought of buying her flowers. But when he did and Denise came back without Yolande, Patrick finally realised that Yolande wanted to end their marriage when Denise showed him Yolande's wedding ring separate from her finger. A devastated Patrick cried when he looked at a photo of him and Yolande being together and kept it because he still loves her with his heart.
On 23rd February 2009, he had a conversation with Denise's fiancée Lucas' wife Trina when she unexpectedly turned up to find him in the hope of saving their marriage. However Patrick warned her to stay away from Lucas and their son Jordan as she was a drug addict, however she secretly told him a secret that Lucas had spent Christmas with her and had slept together. This made Patrick furious and threatened Lucas to come clean to Denise or else he will. However, Lucas already knows Patrick's dark secret revealing that in the late 1950's Patrick had been arrested for assault on a minor during a race riot. At this point they ended up blackmailing each other by threatening one other that they will reveal one of their dark secrets first.
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