Home and Away reveals next stage of Felicity Newman's upsetting storyline

 Felicity receives a surprising phone call.

Home and Away's Felicity Newman looks set to face her attacker in a restorative justice storyline.

Felicity received an unexpected phone call in Thursday night's triple bill in Australia (August 17), which revealed that Jeremy had asked for a meeting.

The timing was difficult for Felicity, as the call came just as her husband Tane needed to support his family in New Zealand.

Tane was alarmed to hear that Gemma Parata – the widow of his late brother Mikaere – had been in a car accident over in New Zealand.

Gemma was going to be in hospital for a while, so her son Nikau had already made plans to fly over from New York to support her.

Tane was reluctant to make his own trip to New Zealand as he didn't want to leave Felicity so soon after her sexual assault.

Felicity encouraged Tane to go and when she later received the call about Jeremy, she chose not to tell him about it as she knew that he'd want to stay.

Once Tane had left for the airport, Felicity paid a visit to her best friend Eden Fowler to tell her what was going on.

When Eden asked if Felicity was okay, she replied: "I'm not. I got a call yesterday. My attacker wants to meet with me."

Jacqui Purvis, who plays Felicity, first mentioned this storyline development in an exclusive interview with last month.

Jacqui told us: "We end up exploring restorative justice. That's where the story is heading, where Felicity actually talks to the perpetrator."

Restorative justice is a programme whereby those harmed by crimes meet those who were responsible, giving them an opportunity to discuss the impact and hold offenders to account.

Home and Away fans in the UK will see these scenes on Channel 5 in October.

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.45pm on Channel 5 and 6pm on 5STAR. First-look screenings air at 6.30pm on 5STAR and the show also streams on My5.