 In an interview Lord has described his character Jase as a "enigmatic", "a dead wrong'un" and "mystery character with a dark past".It was later confirmed on the character will leave "EastEnders".The character was killed off in the serial, making his final credited appearance, (as a corpse) aired on 29 August 2008 after being subsequently murdered by his antagonistic gang leader, Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball).