Jasmine Cheng

Jasmine Cheng is a fictional character from Locked In The Press. The character was created by Tony John Williams and made her first appearance in Battle With The Law, where she rings Carl McQuarrie and later questioned him about his marriage to Roberta in The Perfect Escape, where she also helps him with reuniting Sophie Macdonald with her family. At the end of The Day Brentwood Stood Still, she quits her job and confesses her love for McQuarrie, who then kisses her.

Battle With The Law
She makes her first appearance when McQuarrie sits next to her in the newsroom. Their colleague Craig Gladwell then starts to exasperate McQuarrie, leading Cheng to tell him to "push off". She glances over at McQuarrie, as he leaves Malcolm Wicks' office, but is disappointed when he passes her without speaking. Later on while he writes his article about Ryan Reynolds, they both say "goodnight" to each other, before she leaves the newsroom.

The Perfect Escape
While buying lunch at The Elephant House café, she bumps into McQuarrie, who is interviewing Sophie Macdonald. McQuarrie asks her if she would be willing to let Macdonald stay with her, which she agrees to do. She later interrogates McQuarrie about the reasons why his marriage broke down and what drove Roberta to have an affair. He tells her what happened, before she hugs him. Upon arriving home, she meets Bill Callahan, who slaps her for allowing Sophie to stay with her. She calls McQuarrie and tells him about the occurrence. He requires her assistance in breaking Sophie out of Streetwalker Brothel, whilst he interviewed Bill. He then drops her off at Stokefield Crescent House, before driving Sophie to Christopher Marlow's Airport.

Playing With Fire
She is only seen once when trying to engage in conversation with McQuarrie, who has just found out about the murder of Reverend Nickson, and is on his way to investigate the crime, meaning he had no time to talk to her. He tells her that he would see her later.

The Day Brentwood Stood Still
When McQuarrie reveals to her and Florence Webb about his recent discovery, he is shocked to discover they knew Wicks was the father of Cody Simpson. McQuarrie then discloses his desires to publish a story about Simpson on the Brentwood Telegraph website, they warn him about doing it. However, when he proceeds with it, Wicks gives him the sack over the phone and passes the news on to the staff in the newsroom. Cheng subsequently resigns and shows up outside McQuarrie's flat, where she confesses her love for him, before they kiss.