Man dressed as Grim Reaper arrested after hospital disturbance

Man dressed as Grim Reaper arrested after hospital disturbance  USA Today

Nation.Cymru staff Police and fire service were called out after a man who dressed up as the ‘Grim Reaper’ stared at patients from the roof of a Welsh hospital. Leon Gillespie, 26, from Deganwy, donned an all-black hooded outfit and stood overlooking the entrance to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in Denbighshire, north Wal

A Welsh ghoul dressed as the “Grim Reaper” has been busted after he climbed onto a hospital building’s roof armed with what appeared to be a scythe and stared at doctors and patients. Leon Gillespie, 26, was fined $269 (£200) last month after scaling the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital to pull off the menacing stunt...

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 5, 2026 8:15am Updated August 5, 2026 8:15am Leon Gillespie donned an all-black hooded outfit and stood overlooking the entrance to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in Denbighshire (Picture: Wales News Service) A hospital intruder dressed up as the ‘Grim Reaper’ and glar

Leon Gillespie, 26, was fined for the disrespectful stunt, in which he dressed head to toe in the black hooded outfit and stood overlooking the hospital entrance.