RESIDES: Nottingham, England
OCCUPATION: Incoming barman at The Oak & Vine
MARITAL STATUS: Single
PREVIOUS MARRIAGES: Unknown
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: Unknown
CHILDREN: None
GRANDCHILDREN: None
FATHER: Johnny Montgomery
MOTHER: Tess Montgomery
SIBLINGS: Megan Montgomery, Finn Montgomery and Hannah Montgomery
NOTABLE RELATIVES: Edward “Ted” Montgomery (grandfather)

BIOGRAPHY: At 24, Jude is the eldest of the Montgomery brood. Named in tribute to his parents’ shared love of The Beatles, he is tall, charismatic, and forever hovering somewhere between charmingly impulsive and dangerously reckless. He’s the kind of young man whose smile can get him into trouble just as easily as it can get him out of it, and whose big heart often leads him down roads he never meant to take. People warm to Jude quickly; he’s open, easy to like, and wears his emotions on his sleeve. But those same traits make him easily led, and he’s spent far too much of his life following the wrong voices instead of trusting his own.

Underneath the bravado and the bad decisions, Jude is fundamentally a good man. He’s a keen Oasis fan and a lifelong Nottingham Forest devotee. He cares deeply – sometimes too deeply – and once he loves someone, he’s loyal to a fault. He’s a devoted brother, the kind who’ll give you a jury-persuading alibi even when your parents catch you red-handed, and a ride-or-die friend who doesn’t think twice about throwing himself into the fire for the people he values.

The trouble – and the reason the Montgomerys have uprooted their entire lives to start fresh in Glendale – began when Jude fell in with a crowd who saw his loyalty as an opportunity. What started as harmless nights out spiralled into something darker. With trouble at their doorstep, Tess and Johnny made the call to get him out – fast.

Now, Jude is trying to keep his head down and do right by his family, despite the guilt that this has all happened because of him.