Ruth returns in series 8 episode 1, after she and her household are attacked. Ruth had settled down in Polis, Cyprus with a Cypriot doctor and his son. She is told that Harry has been abducted. Lucas and Ros realise that Harry and Ruth share knowledge that the abductors want. During the ensuing case, the doctor is shot dead. Ruth is willing to give up the knowledge to save the boy but Harry refuses, leading to a falling out between them even though the boy survives. Since Ruth and the doctor were never married, she does not have legal guardianship and the boy returns to Cyprus to live with his aunt. Harry tells Ruth he will "sort things out" for her since she is back in the UK, despite being legally dead. He also says she can come back to Section D if she needs work.