Arriving in Hollyoaks in 2005 after the revelation that he and "cousin" Tony were actually brothers, both found this hard to accept as first as Dom used to bully Tony and there was a bit of resentment on both sides.
After Mandy Richardson and Tony's baby, Grace dies from SIDS Dom comforts Mandy in her grief, the two develop feelings for one another at one point discussing running away together. Mandy and Tony split up but Mandy stays on friendly terms with Dom
Dom meets Tina McQueen they bond over their love of classic literature. Carmel and Michaela McQueen hear Dom talking to "Cathy" on the phone, a term of endearment Dom used to call Tina in reference to Cathy from Wuthering Heights, and assume he is having an affair with Kathy Barnes. Eventually Dom and Tina decide to marry but she then discovers his past feelings for Mandy prompting her to call off the wedding and dump Dom, after some deliberation and explaining from Dom the two marry
Cracks appear in Dom and Tina's marriage and she sleeps with Russ Owen after feeling neglected by Dom, at that time Dom finds out Tina is going to be a surrogate for Tony and Jacqui McQueen, later, Dom tries to convince Tina to have an abortion but accepts her decision. In July 2008 Tina gives birth to Max McQueen and admits Russ is the father, this causes Dom and Tina to split up again.
Tensions are rife as Dom and Tina continue on with their lives, however, Niall Rafferty kidnaps the McQueen family and holds them hostage in an abandoned church after it's revealed he is Myra's son whom she gave up for adoption when he was born, when Niall sets a bomb off in the church Tina is fatally wounded, she is found by Dom and they reconcile and declare their love to one another before Tina dies
Dom is heartbroken but has Tony to help him through his grief, some time later he meets poledancer Loretta Jones, things seem to be going ok until Dom asks Loretta to choose between him and her job. Dom goes into partnership with Ravi Roy opening up the diner, Relish as well as becoming a PCSO
Tony tells Dom he is having financial trouble, Dom vows to help his brother and on Guy Fawkes Night 2010 ll Gnosh goes up in flames causing the deaths of Steph Roach and Mal Fisher, set alight by Dom. Dom strikes up a plutonic friendship with Amber Sharpe, seeing a lot of Tina in her, however,Tony is concerned when he finds a picture of Amber on Dom's phone and accuses him of being the baby's father, Dom protests his innocent saying he would never do a thing like that. Ste Hay tells Dom he believes Brendan Brady set fire to ll Gnosh, Brendan threatens Dom who then reveals it was him that set ll Gnosh on fire. He resigns to tell Tony he set the fire and tells his brother he did it to destroy a laptop that, according to Bart McQueen, had pictures of Amber on it. Tony tries to convince Dom to go to the police but Dom begs him to let him just slip away unnoticed from Hollyoaks, Tony tells him he can't do that and eventually Dom, himself, rings the police and says his goodbyes to Tony. The police arrive and arrest Dom and take him away
What did you think of Dom's character? What did you think of his exit?
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