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Jamie arrives in Walford after the death of his father, Charlie. His second cousin once removed and godfather, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), takes him in after realising Jamie's uncle and caretaker, Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), used to beat him on a regular basis. Jamie becomes Phil's surrogate son, replacing Ben Mitchell (Morgan Whittle), and he stands up to Billy, at one point battering him when Billy tries to beat him up. Billy softens and changes his whole character, and Jamie learns to forgive him.
Jamie starts a relationship with Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy), his first true love, after losing his virginity to Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), who humiliates him by spreading rumours about his inadequate prowess in bed. A few months into the relationship, Sonia gives birth to Chloe at just 15 years of age. The child is Martin Fowler's (James Alexandrou), with whom she had sex before she met Jamie, but she was unaware that she was pregnant. Chloe is put up for adoption, and it is a blow to Jamie and Sonia's relationship.
The relationship survives Sonia's obsession with Chloe (now renamed Rebecca), and after she kidnaps her, Jamie proposes and she accepts, but he sleeps with Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), who has been pursuing him for a while. He and Sonia consequently split up, but after Phil disowns him and beats him for letting Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin) run off to Portugal with his daughter, Louise, it is Sonia who nurses him back to health, and they get engaged again, leaving her boyfriend, Gus Smith (Mohammed George), heart-broken, as he had also planned to propose. However, Martin accidentally runs over Jamie outside the tube station, and Jamie dies in hospital on Christmas Day of spleen damage, with Sonia by his side.
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