{"id":338104,"date":"2026-03-10T04:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338104\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:11:12","slug":"home-and-away-airs-second-shock-death-of-2026-in-dramatic-australian-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338104\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Away airs second shock death of 2026 in dramatic Australian episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home and Away spoilers<\/a> follow for Australian-paced episodes, which some UK viewers may prefer to avoid.<\/p>\n

Home and Away has confirmed a second bombshell death in the soap<\/a> with Lacey Miller set to kill Holden Dwyer in self-defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recent episodes have seen Lacey being relentlessly stalked by Holden<\/a> after the two met last year, and he became obsessed with her.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV+<\/a><\/p>\n

The two bonded after the shock train derailment, but their budding friendship soon turned sinister when Lacey turned Holden down for a date<\/a>. <\/p>\n

His behaviour has become increasingly erratic<\/a>, finally leading to Lacey getting the police involved and Holden being arrested.<\/p>\n

He was eventually granted bail and forced his way into Lacey’s room<\/a> at the Bay Motel, having ordered food to her room.<\/p>\n

Holden forced his way into the room to confront Lacey, snatching her phone away as she grabbed it to call for help.<\/p>\n

Lacey tries to convince Holden to go for a walk and talk through their issues, but when that doesn’t work, and she tries to run, he throws her back towards the bed.<\/p>\n

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During the struggle, he puts his hand over her mouth and says he loves her, to which Lacey grabs the lamp from the bedside table and hits him<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s episode finally saw Lacey’s dad David Langham check on her, finding his daughter cowering on the floor with a bloodied lamp on the bed. <\/p>\n

He sees Holden on the floor and goes to check him, confirming to Lacey that he has died.<\/p>\n

While David offers her comfort, he explains that Lacey needs to be arrested and formally interviewed over what had happened, reading his daughter her rights.<\/p>\n

She is eventually questioned, but David is told by Cash Newman that he cannot sit in on the interview due to the obvious conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

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Lacey bravely explains what happened in the motel room, with Cash assuring her that Holden was not meant to be there due to the Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) in place.<\/p>\n

While it’s unclear what exactly will happen to Lacey in the aftermath of the attack and investigation, it’s sure to have long-lasting consequences beyond the legal ramifications, and she battles with the mental scars it leaves.<\/p>\n

Home and Away drops new episodes on weekdays at 6am on 5\u2019s streaming service with a 6.30pm screening on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n

In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.<\/p>\n

Read more Home and Away spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – featuring Leanne\u2019s new discovery about Megan, Graham\u2019s bold idea for Rhona, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home and Away spoilers follow for Australian-paced episodes, which some UK viewers may prefer to avoid. Home and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,155136,1107,93,1110,61,60,1135,155135,134834,282],"class_list":["post-338104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-8e04f1a7-4c04-48d8-a737-84380dbcf2fb","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-home-and-away-airs-second-shock-death-of-2026","tag-subsection-home-and-away","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}