A 26-year-old man named Leon Gillespie was arrested after climbing onto the roof of Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in St Asaph, Wales, on June 6 while dressed entirely in black. Witnesses described his outfit as resembling the Grim Reaper, though Gillespie later claimed he was dressed as a crow—not ‘The Crow’, just a plain bird. He reportedly made noise on the roof above the hospital entrance while holding a long blade and staring down at people below. Four police cars and fire service vehicles responded, and emergency crews managed to bring him down. No explanation was given for the stunt. Gillespie pleaded guilty to causing a nuisance without reasonable excuse on NHS premises. Llandudno Magistrates’ Court fined him £200 (around $269 USD). The court also heard that Gillespie stole between £30 and £40 worth of cat food and kitty litter from a local Pets at Home on March 26. He later stole food and drinks from a Sainsbury’s in Llandudno on May 28. For those offences, he was handed an additional £100 ($134 USD) fine, £100 in prosecution costs, and £50 in compensation. “The health board has previously stated it has a zero tolerance approach to abuse, aggression or nuisance within its hospital sites,” a spokesperson for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said. Hospitals have been at the centre of several unusual stories over the years. In July, an Ottawa heavy metal band turned a hospital into a concert venue to grant a terminally ill patient’s final wish. In 2023, TikToker Matthew Lani was arrested after allegedly sneaking into a South African hospital while posing as a doctor. Pets at Home and Sainsbury’s are instantly recognisable high-street names to many Somalis in the UK, and the £200 penalty for the hospital nuisance plus the £250 total in fines, court costs and compensation for the thefts show how British magistrates’ courts routinely handle petty offences.