Robert Bush Faces Sentencing at Hull Crown Court Over 67 Charges
Prosecutors said he breached trust on an industrial scale, with 31 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes found 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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One of the Hull funeral home victims fears the “monster” funeral director could be eligible for Labour’s early prison release scheme.Tracey Hudson, who was given the wrong ashes for her mother, Annie Kendall, sobbed as she told Hull Crown Court how she was worried funeral director Robert Bush might be released early after he is sentenced.Bush, 48, has admitted 67 offences, including preventing a lawful and decent burial, fraudulent trading, frau…
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