Trevor Jordache
| Trevor Jordache | |||||||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Bryan Murray | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1993 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 8 March 1993 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 May 1993 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Sisters | Brenna Jordache |
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| Wife | Mandy Dutton (1973-93) |
| Daughters |
Beth Jordache Rachel Dixon |
| Grandsons | Michael Dixon |
| Granddaughters | Beth Dixon |
Trevor Jordache is a character played by Bryan Murray in Brookside. The character only appeared in the soap briefly in 1993, but was a feature in the programme until his body was discovered in 1995 in one of the most memorable storylines of its history.
Trevor Jordache had been the head of the Jordache family prior to their arrival on Brookside Close. He worked in a management position for a building society and the family lived a comfortable lifestyle.
Trevor, however, was a bully towards his wife Mandy (whom he'd married in 1973) and sexually abused his teenage daughter Beth. He served a sentence for assaulting his wife, but he had not been reported for abusing Beth.
In 1993 Mandy, Beth and Rachel Jordache arrived on Brookside close in a 'safehouse' as Trevor was due to be released from prison. The family lived there for a short while before Trevor traced Beth at college. When Trevor approached her, she ran away, however she was followed home by Trevor revealing the family home on Brookside Close.
Trevor then approached his wife Mandy. Mandy refused to take pity on him, however she agreed to meet him at his bedsit. Upon seeing the squalor he had to live in and finding he had been burgled, Mandy naively allowed Trevor to stay at her house, much to the delight of youngest daughter Rachel and the disgust of eldest daughter Beth.
During his stay at the Jordache house, Trevor bullied and beat his wife Mandy, but was more cautious around Beth who showed open contempt for him.
Beth was particularly cautious owing to her father's sexual abuse of her when she was younger. Fearing for her younger sister Rachel's welfare, she kept an eye on her father. When she noticed that Trevor was abusing Rachel, she told her mother Mandy.
When Mandy confronted him, he told her that if she left he would kill her, their daughters and then himself. Later Trevor invited the neighbours around for a drinks party. Most of the neighbours gave false excuses, except for David and Jean Crosbie who turned up out of sympathy for Mandy. During the party Trevor openly belittled Mandy, making the Crosbies feel uncomfortable and making them leave early. Trevor noticed this and was embarrassed. Blaming the incident on Mandy for allegedly badmouthing him to the neighbours he viciously beat her.
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