Robert Bush Faces Sentencing at Hull Crown Court Over 67 Charges
Prosecutors say Bush misled bereaved families, stole charity donations and left 31 bodies uncremated at the funeral home.
- Robert Bush, 47, faces sentencing today at Hull Crown Court after pleading guilty to 67 charges including preventing a lawful burial, fraud, and fraudulent trading spanning 12 years.
- Humberside Police investigated the Legacy Funeral Directors premises in 2024 following concerns over "care of the deceased," discovering 31 bodies left unrefrigerated for months and more than 100 sets of ashes.
- Bush admitted to 30 counts of fraud, including four "foetus allegations" where he presented ashes as "the remains of their unborn," and stealing charitable donations from organizations like Macmillan Cancer Support.
- The five-day sentencing hearing is expected to hear from more than 100 victims, while a dozen charities including the Salvation Army report never receiving donations collected at funerals.
- Funeral directors in England and Wales currently operate without a licence, prompting Pure Cremation and Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage to call for statutory regulation to prevent further "horrors" in the sector.
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UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left 'on racks'
An ex-employee described Robert Bush's funeral parlour as a "horror scene", prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a five-day sentencing hearing. Police who searched his premises after a tip-off found 31 bodies in a cold storage area that should have been cremated months earlier, including a stillborn baby that had been there for almost two years. They also found more than 100 sets of ashes. "There were bodies stored on the racks on both s…
South China Morning Post
The Straits TimesUK funeral director faces jail over bodies left ‘on racks’
A British funeral director faced prison on Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left “stored on racks” and uncremated while relatives were handed other people’s ashes, sparking calls for better regulation of the industry. An ex-employee described Robert Bush’s funeral parlour as a “horror scene”, prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a five-day sentencing hearing. Police who searched his premises after a tip-off found 31 bodies in a cold…
Telegraph & Argus
Ilkley GazetteFuneral director who failed to prevent proper burial of bodies set to be sentenced
Crooked funeral director Robert Bush will be sentenced this week after pleading guilty to 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.
A funeral director in the United Kingdom is facing prison over a scandal that revealed that bodies were not being cremated and that relatives were being given other people's ashes.
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