Pete Sutherland
Peter James Sutherland (2002)
Chris Mayer
Episodes: 3196-3200; 3230-3233
Date of Birth: 1965
Siblings: Rhys Sutherland
Marital Status: Mandy Sutherland (estranged)
Children: Max Sutherland
Occupation: Gambler
Pete, and his son Max surprised Jade and Kirsty when they arrived at the house by hiding out on the veranda. When Peter met Rhys at the kiosk, Rhys wasn’t quite as welcoming and wasn’t pleased to see his brother at all. When Rhys made it clear that they weren’t going to making up Pete decided that both he and Max should leave straight away. Rhys revealed that their feud was down to the fact that Pete had stole money from their mother to pay for the gambling debts, but Shelley persuaded Rhys to let them stay for a night.
Pete revealed to Kirsty in a conversation that Rhys hadn’t finished school. This wasn’t particularly helpful Rhys, who was at the time trying to persuade a doubtful Kirsty to stay at school.
The next day, Pete and Rhys continued their fued and Pete said he was going to leave. Pete, then managed to guilt trip Rhys and Rhys allowed them to stay for the whole holidays.
When they were about to leave a Sutherland barbecue was organised. Pete said he would buy the food and Rhys said to take money out his wallet. Pete took all the money and left a note for Rhys and Shelley asking them to look after Max.
Peter returned around two months later around Max’s birthday and took Max away again. However he did have someone chasing after him wanting some money, showing his problems weren’t completely over. However, this didn’t last long and within 6 months he had sent Max back to live with Rhys and Shelley.