Description of Phillip "Lip" Gallagher (UK):

During Series 2, Lip starts having sex with Mandy Maguire in order to fool people into thinking Ian is a heterosexual and to lend credence to Mandy and Ian's "relationship". Lip is later framed for robbing Sheila Jackson's friend Lena's house by a dishonest policeman. After his family get him released with no charge, he begins an unlikely casual relationship with Lena, a housewife who appears to be at least 15 years his senior.