He may think his days of torment by wife cindy are long gone but Ian has'nt reckoned with Lucy proving to every bit her mother's daughter!
She may only be 13 but already she's as devious as cindy and as man mad. And like her mum she has a liking for bad lads - with guns!
Doting dad ian of course hasn't a clue that his little girl has suddently grown up and is drinking and kissing behind his back with his new employee craig. But he soon will reveals Adam woodyatt who plays him.
They're all at his and jane's housewarming party when ian sees craig drop a packet of condoms, he says. Craig tells him "i've got my eye on someone for later....." and ian actually congratulates craig for taking precautions. He has no idea the someone is his little lucy!
Until Lucy goes missing and Lauren does the right thing and tells ian she's gone to Craig's He's plunged into every father worst nightmare, says Adam. Lucy's still his little girl and he'd terrified of what she's up to with craig, in panic ian rushes to craig place with Max and somehow Max ends up doing the thumping!
Max gives the lad a slap - and boy did jake wood hit Rory Jennings who plays Craig hard said adam, It made my eyes water!
So is ian in time to save lucy Virginity?
He doesn't know she clams up and he doesn't know how to reason with her. The truth is he likes to think he is a good father but he's actually not, explains Adam.
All the shenanigans he's had with various wives and women have affected his kids. Lucy's behaviour is classic teenage rebellion.
Determined to make sure Craig never gets near his daughter again ian reports him to the police. But when Lucy tells them they didn't have sex craig is off the hook.
Not as far as Ian is concerned, says adam he goes around to craigs on his own and for once comes over all macho. He tells craig to stay away from his daughter or he kill him. Then he gives him £300 as a bribe, adds adam and does it work?
it seems to. Craig takes the money and agrees to leave walford. He phones Lucy later as planned to tell her his going. In fact Lucy's far cleverer than ian gives her credit for. She lets ian think he's got a handle on it but he hasn't.
Lucy's out of control and this is only the beginning of it, warns adam.
So the rumour is true.....Cindy is back from the dead - in the form of her daughter!