DESCRIBING A PERSON (7)
A few pointers if you are ever asked to describe someone.SEX: Male or female
AGE (or apparent age): This can often be difficult to assess and witnesses of different ages may see the suspect quite differently
HEIGHT AND BUILD: Tall, short, medium height, heavy, light, stocky, skinny, athletic, chubby, fat
COMPLEXION: Skin colour, spots, scars, birthmarks, moles, warts, moustache, beard, sideburns, fresh-faced, dirty
HAIR: Colour, short or long, curly or straight, clean or greasy, receding hairline, balding, bald
EYES: Colour, glasses, cross-eyed, one-eyed
EYEBROWS: Heavy/light, missing, meet in the middle
SHAPE OF FACE: Round, square, long, thin, fat, wide, triangular
CLOTHES: Colours, garments, lettering, patches, missing buttons, shoes, boots, gloves, neat, tidy, scruffy, shoes, trainers, boots, workwear, uniform
JEWELLERY OR TATTOOS: May have names or initials showing, rings, bracelets, earrings, necklaces, badges
VOICE: Loud, soft, deep, high, accent, impediment (speech defect), breathless, angry, calm, use of words repeated, unusual use of words, intelligent, unintelligent
If you can give some of the above details, you may be able to elaborate as you form a mental picture of the person. Did he/she walk with a limp? Was he/she carrying anything? If the person ran off, in which direction?
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