Lives are on the line again next week, as the River Boys enact their plan to derail gang leader Gage’s (Tom Wilson) court case.

Gage is currently awaiting trail for a brutal attack on Theo (Matt Evans), which saw him crushed under his own car after Gage discovered Theo had been having an affair with his girlfriend Lacey (Sophea Pennington).

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It was only thanks to Sonny’s (Ryan Bown) intervention that Theo survived, though Sonny himself was left battered after a run-in with one of Gage’s heavies, Spanner (Ben Hunter).

Lacey agreed to testify against Gage, and was placed under police protection in a safehouse, whilst Theo was given a police guard at his hospital bed following his own statement.

Sonny, who was testifying against Spanner, was put up in a motel by Remi (Adam Rowland) with hired personal security. During his isolation, Sonny grew close to Dana (Ally Harris), while Theo was left devastated after Lacey called him from the safehouse to end things for both their safety.

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Furious, Theo turned on Leah—who had previously warned Lacey away from her nephew—blaming her for interfering, and subsequently decided that he wouldn’t return home to her and Justin (James Stewart).

On his discharge from hospital, Theo moved into the pier apartment with Sonny on Bree’s (Juliet Godwin) suggestion, where they could both be protected by the hired security.

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In a surprising twist, Lacey later turned up at the apartment, revealing she was no longer testifying.

Believing she was now safe from the River Boys, she had walked out of the safehouse. What she didn’t realise was that she was already being staked out by members of the gang, who had followed her back to Summer Bay… and right to Theo and Sonny’s door.

After observing Sonny meeting Dana at the beach, which passed the accompanying bodyguard by completely, River Boy Diesel (Harrison Pearse) approached Dana at Salt and told her that her boyfriend better keep his mouth shut.

The next morning, Theo, Lacey, Dana and Sonny all piled into a people carrier flanked by the bodyguards in order to head to Reefton Lakes courthouse. But as they drove off, no-one spotted the River Boys tailing them, with Diesel having been given orders to make sure no-one testifies.

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Next week, as the group make their way to court, their vehicle is suddenly brought to a halt by a fallen branch blocking the road.

The bodyguards step out to clear the path, but Lacey immediately senses something is wrong.

Her instincts prove right—from the surrounding bushland, a swarm of masked River Boys emerge and surround the vehicle.

Sonny, Theo, Lacey and Dana are helpless as they watch the gang swiftly overpower their guards with a brutal beating.

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