Home and Away's Kirsty & Kane Phillips will leave Summer Bay in a dramatic on-the-run storyline, which has just aired on Australian screens.
The pair, played by Christie Hayes & Sam Atwell, depart the beach town when the threat of prison looms over Kane, who is wrongly accused of an armed robbery heist that was actually committed by his own father! When evidence mounts against Kane, the pair make the drastic decision to disappear into the night - prepared to spend the rest of their lives on the run from the law!
"Running away is a really hard decision for Kane and Kirsty to make," says Sam about the episodes which will air in the UK later this year. "The way things turn out, they can't even say goodbye to anyone. Of course, it's going against the law as well - they know they're going to be on the run for the rest of their lives."
The departure of the popular characters comes after Christie decided to leave at the height of her success in the soap. Sam, determined to give the characters a decent final storyline together, followed the actress' lead and also announced he was quitting - claiming it would be unfair to split the screen couple up. Awww sweet!