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Jailed undertaker in bid to appeal against sentence
Robert Bush, who admitted hoarding bodies and selling fake funeral plans, is seeking to challenge a 20-year term that affected hundreds of victims.
- Former funeral director Robert Bush has applied to appeal his 20-year prison sentence, the Press Association understands. Bush previously admitted to hoarding bodies and providing relatives with incorrect ashes at his Hull premises.
- Sentenced in July for 67 offenses, the 48-year-old had breached customer trust "on an industrial scale" for 12 years at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.
- Authorities found 35 bodies at Legacy, including Norman Bridger and Jessie Stockdale, while 226 pensioners reported being "conned" out of savings. Justice Hillard noted he had "never known offences affect so many people so deeply."
- Condemning the appeal, Tristan Essex, grandson of Jessie Stockdale, said it added "cruelty to our suffering". Jasmine Beverley told the BBC she is "troubled" that victims may have to "relive the hurt they have already experienced."
- While the appeal process continues, Proceeds of Crime proceedings attempt to confiscate profits from Bush's crimes. Natalie Smith, granddaughter of Norman Bridger, said it is "unfair" that the appeal advances while these financial investigations remain ongoing.
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The Independent (US)Disgraced funeral director Robert Bush lodges bid to appeal against jail sentence
He was jailed in July for 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.
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Crooked funeral director Robert Bush in bid to appeal against prison sentence
He was jailed in July for 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.
·London, United Kingdom
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