Brax

So back to prison for Brax and then Ash to stay and look after Ricky and the baby

Home and Away star Bonnie Sveen has paid tribute to her on-screen partner Steve Peacocke following his decision to leave the soap.

It was previously announced that Steve Peacocke has departed his role as Darryl 'Brax' Braxton, having filmed his final scenes.

Sveen, who plays Summer Bay's Ricky Sharpe, told TV Week "He has been the essence of my character's role in the show and a real central point of my experience at work.

"It's been a big adjustment for me. I miss him a lot. He's a very good friend. I definitely feel like working with him is the real heyday of my career."

With Ricky currently pregnant with Brax's baby, fans have been left to speculate over the future of the character once the River Boy leaves.
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Ricky goes to check in on Brax
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Ricky and Brax in Home and Away

However, Sveen was keen to stress that Peacocke's departure does not spell the end of her time on the show.

She said: "Ricky is spreading her wings, as I am as a performer. We don't know what the future holds."

Home and Away actor Steve Peacocke has joined the cast of a new film starring Tina Fey.

The untitled Paramount Pictures project is based on Kim Barker's wartime memoir Taliban Shuffle, which is an account of her experiences as a terrorism and international affairs journalist.

Fey will play the self-confessed adrenaline junkie during her time in the field through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, while Peacocke will play her bodyguard Nic, who also fancies her.

Fellow Aussie soap graduate Margot Robbie will also star in the movie, reports Deadline.

Although Peacocke has now finished filming his final scenes as Darryl 'Brax' Braxton, the actor recently said he will still be seen "for just about all of 2015".

Peacocke has starred as Brax in Home and Away for four years. His wife Bridgette Sneddon, who started playing Sophie Taylor last summer, is also leaving the soap.

I reckon Ricky will be a better character without Brax, there'll be more to explore with her, ie raising the baby without Brax etc, rather than her just being "Brax's girlfriend".

Home and Away's Brax will find his relationship with Ricky Sharpe seriously tested as his behaviour continues to spiral out of control.

Australian viewers have recently seen Brax (Steve Peacocke) accused of the murder of bad boy Dean, despite the fact that he wasn't responsible.

When Brax returns from the outback after failing to get Sam - the real killer - to confess to murder, Ricky is initially delighted to see Brax, hoping they can settle down and deal with the situation together.

However, as Brax is grilled over his whereabouts by new police officer Kat, Ricky's joy at having him home is short-lived as she hears the extent of Brax's erratic behaviour from a concerned Ash.

With Ricky more concerned about Brax than ever, it seems their problems could be about to get worse when Kat receives an envelope that contains recent CCTV footage.

The footage clearly shows that Brax had ventured out of town and breached his bail conditions, and Kat immediately heads over to the Braxtons' to confront him with the new evidence.

Feeling the pressure, Brax loses his temper with the policewoman and yells at her in a fit of rage, while a horrified Ricky watches on.

Brax's week then goes from bad to worse when he hears that his trial is set to begin in two weeks' time. Unable to consider a life back in prison, Brax decides that he needs to escape Summer Bay.

Although Ash tries to keep a devastated Ricky calm while he heads out to look for Brax, whether he can bring the River Boy back to the Bay in time for his trial remains to be seen.

Bonnie Sveen, who plays Ricky, said to TV Week: "Watching Brax lose control of the situation, she knows there is not a lot she can do to calm him. His reaction is everything she had hoped they had moved away from.

"He is kind of having to admit defeat which is the most un-like Brax thing ever. Ricky is really grateful that Ash has defended her and her unborn child, but he is the one who involved Brax in all of this in the first place."

Over on Home and Away, Kyle Braxton and Hannah Wilson face terrifying injuries in the aftermath of the upcoming bus crash.

As the bus lies overturned, silent and with no signs of life, a horrified Brax is the first person on the scene as he desperately searches for his pregnant girlfriend Ricky.

Although Ricky appears to have escaped unharmed, it soon becomes clear that Hannah (Cassie Howarth) is in a very bad way, having been impaled by one of the metal seats.

As Denny calls for Nate to help, he realises that Hannah has been impaled by part of the wreckage and is badly injured.
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Kyle is trapped.
Kyle is trapped.
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Brax tries to help Kyle.
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Brax tries to help Kyle.

Meanwhile, Brax discovers an equally injured Kyle stuck under a pile of debris but as Brax starts trying to free his brother, Nate tells him to stop.

Nate takes Brax aside and explains that releasing the pressure on Kyle's body too suddenly could kill him and that they need to wait for specialised equipment to extract him or he will die. Will Kyle and Hannah be alright?
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Hannah is in a bad way.
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Hannah is in a bad way.
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Will Hannah be alright?
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Will Hannah be alright?

Home and Away airs these scenes on Monday March 2 at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.

Home and Away's Brax will face the biggest decision of his life in an upcoming storyline, as he has to decide whether or not to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit.

As his trial for Dean's murder approaches, Brax (Steve Peacocke) is given the opportunity to get away with a lighter sentence.

With all the evidence pointing at Brax, a jail sentence is becoming more of a possibility as the days go by. Therefore, when Brax's lawyer strikes a deal with the prosecution, he knows he has some serious thinking to do.

If Brax pleads guilty to the murder of Dean, the charge will be reduced to manslaughter and he will get an 8-year sentence. However, he pleads not guilty and is convicted anyway, he is looking at a 20-year stretch.

With his girlfriend Ricky and their unborn child weighing heavily on his mind, Brax starts to consider whether pleading guilty would be the best option after all.

Desperate to keep her family together, a devastated Ricky can't help but think that Brax is making the biggest mistake of his life.

Bonnie Sveen, who plays Ricky, said to TV Week: "Brax thinks this is all so unjust. He wonders why he should have to go down for a murder he didn't commit."

Over on Home and Away, Brax faces a challenging time when he is arrested on suspicion of murdering Dean.

As Brax (Steve Peacocke) is taken to the police station for questioning, a devastated Ricky (Bonnie Sveen) is desperate to clear his name.

When Brax is questioned by the new police officer Kat about what he was doing on the night that Dean was murdered, Brax tells her that he simply went for a walk but didn't have anything to do with the crime.
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Brax is arrested for Dean's murder.
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Brax is arrested for Dean's murder.

However, Kat produces a photograph of the murder weapon - which is an old shovel - and tells Brax that his prints are on it.

At the same time, Ash comes clean to Ricky about what happened in the desert, explaining that Brax headed out to find Dean alone.

Ricky is furious with Ash for not exerting more control over Brax, and when Brax is later released on bail, he has further bad news.
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Ricky worries about Brax.
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Ricky worries about Brax.

Brax explains that all the evidence against him does not look good and he is facing a prison sentence, prompting a guilty Ash to make a decision.

Ash tells Brax that he will tell the police he killed Dean as he doesn't want to ruin his friend's happiness with Ricky. What does the future hold for Brax?
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Brax struggles to prove his innocence.
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Brax struggles to prove his innocence
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Brax's future looks bleak.
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Brax's future looks bleak.

Home and Away airs these scenes on Monday March 9 at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.

*Australia Spoilers*
Does Brax go to jail for a long time? It seems upcoming spoilers don't mention too much about the trial... I wonder if the producers will string it out...

*Australia Spoilers*
Does Brax go to jail for a long time? It seems upcoming spoilers don't mention too much about the trial... I wonder if the producers will string it out...