to inform him of Tank being taken in for questioning and discover the bite marks Zoe left on Ian's arm while attempting to change his dressing on his wound. As Ian was attacking Becky, Kate would arrive and attack Ian for raping her sister. The police would then arrive, restrain Kate and arrest Ian. Upon arrest, it was revealed that Ian was guilty of several assaults which took place over the years in Ferndale, including one in 1993. Ian was eventually charged and is and was sentenced to prison. When he returns in December, he was found to be attacked in prison, and was admitted to Shortland Street. When he did, he was killed by a female assailant. Kawe Osbourne Kawe Osbourne, played by James Rolleston, first appeared on 25 July 2018. Kawe first arrived as the owner of a coffee cart causing Drew McCaskill's (Ben Barrington) cafe to lose business. It was revealed that Kawe was the nephew of Te Rongopai (Kim Garrett) and Pita Rameka (Jamie MacCaskill) and was hired due to his familial connections within the hospital. It also turned out that Kawe and Esther Samuels (Ngahuia Piripi) previously dated and split up when Kawe went to jail for a car accident he was responsible for previous to Esther working at Shortland Street. Upon reaching an agreement with Drew to teach the cafeteria and IV Bar staff how to make superior coffee, Kawe would clash with Esther's abusive husband, Finn Warner (Lukas Whiting). After training Finn, and realising they both have things in common, Kawe said his goodbyes to Esther, as he was needed in a music festival up North and the two kissed. Kawe would return in September that year, but ran into trouble when one of his three coffee carts went out of commission due to a fire. He resorted to selling methamphetamine instead of taking loans from Esther or Te Rongopai. When he tried to quit that business, he was harassed by Blake's associates. Knowing that Esther had terminal heart failure, he proposed and married her on 23 September. However, he was killed on 24 September as Trevor and his associates threw him off the balcony of the hotel, with Esther suffering a cardiac arrest from the shock. Trevor died the day after at the operating table due to brain damage. Te Rongopai tried to donate Kawe's heart to Esther as his dying wish,