Next week on Home and Away in the UK, as Tane faces his last days of freedom after kidnapping baby Poppy, he and Harper find themselves spending the night together.

After a false start earlier in the week, when he got caught up with some nasty business in the bay, Tane (Ethan Browne) finally faces court for his kidnapping of baby Poppy.

It’s been three months since Tane first found Poppy abandoned on the beach. Naming her Maia, the Maori word for courage, Tane refused to leave her side at Northern Districts Hospital.

As the police began their search for the parents, Tane got it into his head that he would be the one to care for Maia. Even when Harper (Jessica Redmayne) told him that he wouldn’t be able to become a foster parent due to his lack of permanent Australian residency, he recruited Roo (Georgie Parker) to apply in his place as he began the process.

Refusing to obey the police’s order to stay away from Maia following a tussle with a Coastal News journo, Tane later found himself served with an AVO preventing him from going anywhere near Poppy.

Tane was incredulous when he later learned that a local foster family had become available before Roo was able to finish her application process, and after being let into the hospital by Dana (Ally Harris) to ‘say goodbye’, he instead opted to do a runner with the baby.

This also happened to coincide with the arrival of Poppy’s real mother, Sonia Rickard (Olivia Beardsley) at Yabbie Creek police station. After her identity was verified, she was eventually told that her child had been abducted, though Roo assured her that Tane was only looking out for Poppy and she was not in any danger.

It was Harper and Mali (Kyle Shilling) who eventually convinced Tane to hand himself in following a nationwide TV appeal, though they nearly found themselves facing their own charges in the process.

Released on bail, Tane stomped around sulking about his situation, rejecting help from those who offered it and refusing to speak to his lawyer.

After eventually agreeing to grace lawyer Marshall (Nic English) with his presence, the revelation that Marshall had unknowingly slept with Tane’s ex-wife Felicity (Jacqui Purvis) the night before sent Tane off into another downward spiral.

Following further frustrating scenes where Tane was put in a cell overnight, after stubbornly refusing to tell Rose (Kirsty Marillier) why he was late for his bail check-in, Tane eventually agreed to work with Marshall to keep himself out of prison.

Marshall has seemingly played a blinder by managing to convince Poppy’s mum Sonia to speak up for Tane in court, which will no doubt be a huge help for the case. Harper and Dana were blindsided though when they were subpoenaed to testify against Tane.

After a 48 hour adjournment, the day of the court hearing finally rocks up again, but the extra time has at least given Marshall a bit more time to prepare Tane’s defence.

Marshall knows he has his work cut out, with Tane almost certain to receive a custodial sentence of anything up to 15 years, so all they can do is try to minimise the length of time Tane will spend in prison.

“I think he’s accepted his fate,” Ethan Browne told Australian magazine TV Week. “He realises his mistake and understands that it could mean serious jail time, so he’s mentally preparing himself for the worst.

“He understands how the system works and believes everything doesn’t sit in his favour.”

The judge (Tracy Mann) begins proceedings and a nervous Dana is the first to be called to testify.

Last seen in the case against Irene, prosecutor Matthew (Gerard Carroll) grills Dana about the incident between Tane and Coastal News reporter Peter (Roman Delo), and the subsequent AVO.