 Patrick is furious when Maxine takes Minnie to America for Christmas and upon Maxine's return holds her hostage and tries to take her and Minnie to France but he is stopped by police.Patrick is later diagnosed with motor neurone disease, which he hides from Maxine as he believes it means that she will gain full custody of Minnie, he also hides it from Sienna and Nico as he does not want them to see him lose control.Patrick later tells Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter) and she agrees to become his carer.