Vicious cuts wrists while on bail
NZPA New York The punk rock star, Sid Vicious, charged recently with the murder of his girlfriend, was taken to hospital after trying to slash his wrists with a broken lightbulb. John Simon Ritchie, a member of the now defunct punk rock band, Sex Pistols, took Sid Vicious as a stage
name. He was staying at the Hotel Seville on Lexington Avenue after being freed on bail pending his trial. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with severe lacerations to both wrists after his psychiatrist called the police early in the mefrning. A hospital spokesman said that he was in a satisfactory condition and had been admitted to hospital.
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Press, 24 October 1978, Page 1
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