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Patients and hospital staff looks up to find the ‘Grim Reaper’ staring down at them from hospital roof
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A bizarre incident at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan, near St Asaph, North Wales, has gained international infamy after a man donned a Grim Reaper costume and climbed onto the hospital’s roof to scare staff and patients alike.
Recommended VideosLeon Gillespie, 26, was caught on the night of June 6, 2026, scaling the roof of the hospital’s main entrance.
To those looking from below, the figure silhouetted against the night sky appeared to be the Grim Reaper.
The case was later brought before Llandudno Magistrates’ Court, where Gillespie pleaded guilty to causing a public nuisance without reasonable excuse.
He was ordered to pay a £200 ($269.28) fine for the NHS public nuisance offense, £50 ($67.32) in compensation to victims and £100 ($134.64) in prosecution costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.