In February 2015, Alicia is sexually assaulted by a teenager named Lachlan White (Thomas Atkinson), who is a member of Home Farm's new family, the Whites. Initially, none of the Whites believe Alicia when she tries to tell people, and Lachlan's mother Chrissie White (Louise Marwood) even calls Alicia "a paedophile". Eventually, after Lachlan and Jacob fight, David kidnaps Lachlan, and the entire village turns against the Whites, the truth comes out and Lachlan is arrested. All the time, David continues to support Alicia the best he can. Unfortunately, David and Alicia don't get the result they want when Lachlan is put on trial; as he's only a teenager, the court simply register Lachlan as a sex offender. Lachlan calls Alicia a bitch after the trial, which leaves her devastated. David isn't best too pleased either.