Storylines
Gus first arrived in Walford in May 2002, working for a bed company and met Sonia Jackson. Gus fell in love with Sonia and they got together after she split up with Jamie Mitchell. When she and Jamie realised they still had feelings for each other, she broke up with Gus and reconciled with Jamie.
In July, Gus was joined in Walford by his troublesome brother Juley, taking over as local road sweeper, and was given Wellard the dog when his friend Robbie Jackson left London for India.
When friends Martin and Vicki Fowler broke into the Minute Mart, Gus investigated, was caught by police and was left to take the blame. In December 2003, Gus went on a trip to Scotland in a minibus with Zoe Slater, Kelly Taylor, Mickey Miller, Spencer Moon, Sonia, Martin, Vicki, Tariq Larousi and Ronny and Kareena Ferreira. When the bus crashed on a moor, nearly killing Zoe, Gus and Wellard, managed to find help for his stranded friends.
In 2004, Gus disposed of a handgun he found in Juley's bag. Juley's involvement in crime, including the theft of some charity money, led to his departure from Walford in April 2005, though he returned in September for a trip to France with Gus, Mickey, Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson. While in France, Gus met Mickey's sister and father Dawn and Mike Swann. Mike exposed Juley as a con man, despite Juley's claims that he was a reformed character. Gus persuaded Juley to return to Walford permanently to turn over a new leaf.
In late 2005, Wellard bit Ian Beale, who decided he wanted the dog put down. Wellard was imprisoned impending a trial, and the newly-arrived Deano Wicks (aided by Dawn) started a campaign to free Wellard, selling t-shirts emblazoned with 'WOOF' (Walford One Owed Freedom) on Alfie Moon's old stall, despite warnings from market inspector Marie Matthews. Wellard was freed on 12 January 2006, after Ian's partner Jane Collins and children Peter and Lucy gave character witness statements.
When Juley mugged his ex-girlfriend, Ruby Allen, Jake Moon threatened to report Juley to the police. Gus helped Juley escape, despite being disgusted at Juley's actions, by stalling Jake and letting Juley out of the back door. Gus was briefly reunited with Sonia when she broke up with girlfriend Naomi Julien, but she left him to reconcile with Martin.
In April 2008, Gus met and fell for a girl called Keisha (Suzie McGrath) but caught her in bed with Sean Slater, his lodger who was two months behind on his rent. Sean fooled Keisha into thinking Gus was a womaniser. After announcing what Sean did to everyone in the Queen Vic, including Sean's girlfriend, Roxy Mitchell, Gus attempted to evict Sean but was kicked out himself. Sean threatened to kill him if he didn't pay the rent, and kept Wellard. Sean later claimed to want to make amends with Gus, but tricked him into believing he had killed and eaten his dog. On April 28, he was tied to a chair and Sean was about to give him a beating when Stacey Branning walked through the door.
Having been reunited with Keisha, Gus left on May 1 to travel with her band. However, he finally got his revenge on Sean, by exposing him as a cocaine dealer. Gus then left Walford.
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