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Robert Sutcliffe & Liam Buckler

Parents devastated as hospital patient killed their son on ward after sneaking vodka

The parents of a man killed by a hospital patient on his ward have been left devastated.

Paul Franks, 48, of Blackstock Road, Sheffield, killed a fellow patient after leaving Rotherham District General Hospital to purchase three bottles of vodka from a Tesco store.

47-year-old Paul Reed was killed by Mr Franks during a 'fight' on February 12 - he died the following day after suffering a bleed on the brain, reported YorkshireLive.

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