Andy-hughes, from Ellipsis: //Premise: Police use a term like "tanned" in order to make it less likely they will bring the perpetrator to justice//
From me: //No one, except you [Ellipsis], has suggested that.//
From you: //No-one except Talbot, in the wording of his OP - or have you missed that? //
Can’t see that I’ve missed anything. Nothing in //the attacker as in his 30s or 40s, with short, dark, curly hair, a tanned complexion and a short beard….a tanned complexion for Funks Sake// suggests that the purpose is to make it less likely that the police will bring the perpetrator to justice. It doesn't even hint at that. Read it again.