This week on Home and Away in Australia, Cash’s worst fears are realised, as Eden and Abigail find themselves held captive by Nerida.

Nerida (Ellie Gall), an ex-client of Tim’s (George Pullar), had originally been contacted by Cash as he dug for dirt on the counsellor, as part of a campaign to stop him seeing ex-fiancée Eden (Stephanie Panozzo).

Having noticed that Nerida had given Tim a glowing review, complete with three love hearts, Cash had suspected that Tim may have abused his position and entered into a relationship with her at some point in the past.

Given that Tim had begun seeing Eden whilst he was counselling her sister Abby (Hailey Pinto), which whilst unethical wasn’t technically against the rules, Cash had hoped that he could prove that Tim had history.

Cash therefore thought he’d hit the jackpot when Nerida claimed that she and Tim had been an item.

But as Cash and Abby dug deeper, it later became clear that Nerida was a fantasist, and this so-called relationship was all one-sided.

Cash began to fear for Eden’s safety when Nerida subsequently warned him that Eden should watch her back.

After seeing that Tim’s car had been vandalised, and the share house trashed, Cash travelled to the remote estate where Eden and Tim had joined the rest of Lyrik for a getaway, determined to protect Eden from harm.

On his arrival that evening, Cash and Tim were seen arguing by Remi, only for Cash to wake up in the grounds the next morning alongside an unconscious Tim.

Despite Cash having his own head injury, and with no evidence of anyone else having been on the island, Detective Mark Townsend (Craig Hall) charged Cash with the assault on Tim.

Although Cash later remembered being attacked by Nerida, there was only Cash’s word for it, with Townsend already having decided Cash was guilty.