Allen (Louisa Lytton), Jake Moon (Joel Beckett) threatens to report Juley to the police. Gus helps Juley escape, despite being disgusted at Juley's actions, by stalling Jake and letting Juley out of the back door. Gus is briefly reunited with Sonia when she breaks up with girlfriend Naomi Julien (Petra Letang), but she leaves him to reconcile with her husband Martin. In April 2008, Gus meets and falls for a girl called Keisha (Suzie McGrath) but catches her in bed with Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), his lodger who is two months behind on his rent. Sean fools Keisha into thinking Gus is a womaniser. After announcing what Sean did to everyone in the pub, including Sean's girlfriend, Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Gus attempts to evict Sean but is kicked out himself. Sean threatens to kill him if he doesn't pay the rent, and keeps Wellard. Sean later claims to want to make amends with Gus, but tricks him into believing he has killed and eaten his dog. On 28 April he is tied to a chair and Sean is about to give him a beating when Sean's sister Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) walks through the door and stops him. Having been reunited with Keisha, Gus leaves on 1 May to travel with her band. However, he finally gets his revenge on Sean before leaving, by exposing him as a cocaine dealer. Development George originally auditioned for EastEnders as a member of the Trueman family, but was deemed by producers to be too young to play either Anthony Trueman or Paul Trueman. In 2007, George was suspended from the show for two months after he was cautioned by police over allegations that he caused actual bodily harm against his partner. On 18 January 2008, it was reported that Gus would leave the series, and that it was a mutual decision between George and the producers. A spokesperson for the show said, "As the character did not have any big plots coming up it was agreed Mohammed would leave. He is in talks with the BBC about other projects." Of his departure, George said: "I've always been an EastEnders fan, so it has been an honour and pleasure being in the show. And I'm thankful that Gus wasn't overused on screen, as it means that I haven't been typecast. I definitely feel ready to step into the shoes of a new character."