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Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital

A Welsh man dressed as the Grim Reaper stood on a hospital roof, staring into patient windows until police showed up.

Séamus Bellamy
Aug 06, 2026
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grim reaper hospital fine — Studio Romantic/Shutterstock
grim reaper hospital fine — Studio Romantic/Shutterstock

The Man sucks the joy out of everything. Just take a look at this crap in Wales a few months ago: 26-year-old Leon Gillespie was standing on the roof of Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in St Asaph, Denbighshire, dressed as The Grim Reaper and minding his own business, when the police and fire department…

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