Jai Fernandez

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name = Jai Fernandez
colour=Television colour|Home and Away


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portrayer = Jordan Rodrigues
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gender = Male
first = May 19, 2008
Episode 4641
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born = 24 July 1993
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parents =William and Nadieen Fernandez
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romances = Annie Campbell (2008-)
residence = Summer Bay House
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age = 15
occupation = Year 9 Student at Summer Bay High

Jai Fernandez is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera "Home and Away", portrayed by Jordan Rodrigues

Character Information

Jai was first mentioned when Miles Copeland asked local jurist Morag Bellingham to track him down. Miles had known Jai while in Phuket and had promised to look after him following the loss of their respective families in the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.

Miles located Jai at a crowded mission in Yabbie Creek; There was initially some frostiness but Jai eventually relented and agreed to live at Summer Bay House along with Miles, Alf Stewart, his grandson Ric Dalby and Ric's girlfriend Matilda Hunter.

Jai's first week in the bay was an eventful one, He assisted Annie Campbell with a computing problem at the Den and was also accused by the Den's owner Leah Patterson-Baker for stealing some money she had left in her car. Jai also feigned drowning as practical joke in order to get Miles to face his fear of water.

In June 2008, Jai began hanging around more and more with local outcast Axel Hay, who had been ostracized from the community for attempting to rape Melody Jones. One of the first acts of mischievousness the duo got into was crashing the school computers after loading a doctored picture of school principal Martin Bartlett. During a school camp, Axel and Jai played a practical joke where Jai pretended to have been attacked by Axel who was dressed as Mummy.

Things came to a head on July 11, when Axel and Jai took Matilda Hunter's scooter without permission and ended up in a head-on collision with Larry Jefferies who had been drinking while driving, Jai was unhurt but Axel was badly injuried and later died in hospital.

Following Axel's death, Jai began going a period of thinking he was invincible. Annie Campbell witnessed him jump off a high rock and decided to help him. After a while they got together. However, Miles separated them and they weren't allowed to talk to each other, because neither Annie or Jai will tell Miles or Irene what really happened when Annie hurt her leg.Currently, he has been injured by bullies who constantly harass him in school.