Manslaughter charge after patient dies following hospital brawl

Paul Franks, of Blackstock Road, Sheffield, will appear before Sheffield Magistrates’ Court today following the incident on Saturday evening when police were called by staff at 8.54pm reporting that two patients had been fighting. 

One of the patients, Paul Reed, died of his injuries in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

A postmortem on Monday concluded that Mr Reed died of a subdural haemorrhage — a type of bleed on the brain.

A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said: “We continue to support Mr Reed’s family and work closely with Rotherham District General Hospital as our investigation continues.”