# Police release pictures of dragon tattoos in desperate bid to identify man found dead on British beach

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/police-release-pictures-of-dragon-tattoos-in-desperate-bid-to-identify-man-found-dead-on-british-beach/
- Published: 2026-11-13T16:08:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T16:21:51+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/brighton-news-police-pictures-dragon-tattoos
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Police seek help identifying a man found dead at Rottingdean beach.
- His colourful tattoos include dragons, flames and an Egyptian symbol.
- Enquiries into his identity and how he entered the water continue.

## Summary

Sussex Police have released photographs of an unidentified man’s distinctive tattoos to help establish who he was. His body was found at the water’s edge at Rottingdean beach, Brighton, after a passer-by raised the alarm on 11 October; he was pronounced dead when officers arrived.

The man is described as slim and believed to have been in his late 50s or early 60s. His colourful tattoos include dragons and flames, with an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol among the designs. Police have not identified him or located his next of kin, and enquiries into how he came to be in the water continue. Anyone with information can report it online or call 101, quoting reference 313 of 11/10.

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