Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital
Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital Séamus Bellamy 5:00 am Thu Aug 6, 2026 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 forced him to stop staring into patient room windows. It's getting so a body can't dress up as a clown or other focal point of dread to head out for a stroll anymore.
- ▪Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital Séamus Bellamy 5:00 am Thu Aug 6, 2026 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 a
- ▪It's getting so a body can't dress up as a clown or other focal point of dread to head out for a stroll anymore.
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| Publication time | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 |
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Man fined for dressing as Grim Reaper outside Welsh hospital Séamus Bellamy 5:00 am Thu Aug 6, 2026 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 forced him to stop staring into patient room windows. It's getting so a body can't dress up as a clown or other focal point of dread to head out for a stroll anymore. Seriously though, don't dress up as Death and hit the hospital for a few shits and giggles. Very not cool.
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