Home and Away Spoilers: Cash has a radical plan to help Perri and Rose has crossed the line.

Elsewhere next week, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) has his first shift back at Yabbie Creek Police Station, after spending the past few months working at Mangrove River.

It transpires that Mangrove River Police has been disbanded due to the continued presence of the River Boys, with the continued attacks making it unsustainable to keep the place open.

All the staff have been deployed elsewhere, with Cash’s former colleague Constable Jo Devlin (Ariadne Sgouros) taking a position in Reefton Lakes. With Cash the last one in, they weren’t sure what to do with him, so have stuck him back in Yabbie Creek while they make further plans.

While Rose is glad to have him back, she’s forced to point out that he’s sat at her desk. Cash apologises – “my bad, habit!” – before happily moving to a different seat, but the awkwardness for the pair is only just beginning.

When Perri comes in for his bail check-in, Rose asks him to wait a minute, prompting Cash to offer to do it on her behalf – something which makes Rose nervous, considering the obvious conflict of interest.

The tension between the colleagues continues when Cash later asks Rose to fill him in on the Carl Hayes investigation, but Rose points out that the investigation’s closed, and reminds Cash that it’s not his jurisdiction

Cash is shocked by her refusal, pointing out that “of course it’s my jurisdiction, it happened in my backyard,” but Rose doesn’t back down. He later pushes again as he looks more into the case, and asks Rose why Carl wasn’t placed under surveillance considering he was a known offender and sent a threatening note to his son.

Rose points out they had no proof it was Carl who sent the note, but Cash asks her what her gut was telling her.

“We did everything we could legally to protect Perri from his father,” Rose clarifies.

“Clearly it wasn’t enough,” Cash retorts.

Rose reminds Cash that Perri ran immediately after Carl’s death, hinting that he could well be guilty. Cash points out that he only did so because he’s a scared kid, and it doesn’t justify a murder charge – “Why wasn’t it downgraded to manslaughter?” he asks.

He wants to know why Rose hasn’t called the DPP to suggest they downgrade the charge. At that point, Rose finally points out he’s got a conflict of interest; he has a relationship with the suspect, and by continuing to press her, he’s blurring boundaries

With Cash having plenty of prior experience of overstepping the mark, will his return to Yabbie Creek help or hinder Perri’s case?

Elsewhere next week, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) has his first shift back at Yabbie Creek Police Station, after spending the past few months working at Mangrove River. It transpires that Mangrove River Police has been disbanded due to the continued presence of the River Boys, with the continued attacks making it unsustainable to keep the place…