Ascidian wrote:
Hi
I was assaulted last night by a drunk stranger and police arrested a drunk man matching my vague description. I will have to do a photo line up/ID parade but I'm worried that I won't recognize him because of my face blindness. Do you think I should make the police aware of this?
Thanks,
If I was in your position i would only mention it after i had a look at him and if im not sure. Saying something like im really not sure, because i dont have a great memory when it comes to faces. If i did recognise him then i wouldn't mention it.
However i have never been in that situation before so im not entirely sure of the process. Considering the police would need to be extremely confident to prosecute, id imagine they wouldn't be able to make allowances, surely? So if the scenario was you said it beforehand, and you did end up recognising him then id imagine the police may view your statement in a different way compared to if you said nothing.
However like i said before, ive never been in the situation before,