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Funeral director ‘will pay for what he’s done’, says mother of stillborn child

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial on Thursday at Hull Crown Court.

Evening Standard

The hundreds of victims of crooked funeral director Robert Bush

Thirty-one families believed that their loved one had been cremated, when in fact they remained on site within the Legacy premises on Hessle Road

The Independent UK

Funeral director who kept bodies admits 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial

Police found 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes when they raided Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ in Hull in March 2024.

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Funeral director admits 35 fraud charges over remains including four foetuses

Robert Bush admitted 35 counts of false representation and one of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans.

Evening Standard

Funeral director appears in court charged over human remains found at premises

Robert Bush, who is accused of preventing lawful burials, ran three funeral homes in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire

Evening Standard

Jeremy Kyle guest jailed for drug dealing 9 years after appearance on axed show

A former Jeremy Kyle guest has been sentenced at Hull Crown Court for drug offences after she was searched and officers found 14 wraps of class A drugs in her jacket

Daily Mirror

Shoppers saw man 'throw screaming woman into van in Asda car park before driving off'

Shaun Chapman, 41, was handed a four-month prison sentence for affray after picking up his partner and throwing her in the back of his van at an Asda car park in Kingston upon Hull

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Man told his girlfriend 'I will bite your face off' as he bit her cheek and punched her in horrific B&B incident

She was left 'black and blue and bruised everywhere'

Manchester Evening News

Woman stabbed husband in heart during argument while cooking, court told

Teresa Hanson is on trial at Hull Crown Court, accused of murdering Paul Hanson three days after Christmas last year.

The Independent UK

Soldier strangled partner in booze-fuelled attack four days after leaving army

McCauley Saville, who had an "unhealthy relationship with alcohol", punched and slapped the woman in her flat above a pub.

Daily Record

Woman jumps out window to escape drunk man who began strangling her when she refused sex

Jonas Ilgunas, who described himself as 10 out of 10 drunk when he attacked his partner at their home in front of their three-year-old child, has been jailed for 14 months

Daily Mirror

Neighbour jailed after breaking man's spine, ribs and fingers in brutal attack

Julian Adcock, 51, has been jailed after an attack with "gratuitous, wanton violence" on a neighbour in Hull which left the victim with 11 fractured ribs, two broken fingers and fractured vertebrae in his spine

Daily Mirror

Landlord stunned to find £100,000 drug den after visiting property to change locks

Desar Xhakolli, 28, and Astrit Baja, 26 were found looking after a 'sophisticated' cannabis factory.

Daily Record

Woman strangled by violent ex in horror attack after 'petty' argument over food

Liam Laidlaw has been branded a "violent bully" after he "flew at her" and held her by the throat so that she could not breathe during a frightening confrontation, Hull Crown Court heard

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Young woman who splashed drug money on designer bags and luxury holidays jailed after empire falls

Danielle Stafford admitted three offences at Hull Crown Court heard but the woman denied nine offences initially before changing her plea.

Manchester Evening News

Kinder surprise: Dad-of-three's chocolate egg found filled with crack cocaine

The yellow Kinder egg had a shocking filling

Daily Mirror

'I thought I'd die' says man attacked by money-worries grandad with knife and bleach

Charles Goucher, 80, from Hull, turned up at his stepdaughter's home armed with a bread knife which he used to slay his son-in-law before throwing bleach over him in rage as he suffered a cost-of living meltdown

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Woman tied up, gagged, punched and threatened with hot iron in her own home

She was gagged with a piece of her own clothes and she was threatened with mole grips on her fingers

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Murderer who launched frenzied knife attack on 'precious' victim jailed for 27 years

A jury took just one hour and 26 minutes to convict serial knife-crime offender Harley Robinson of murdering Jason Whincup – one of the shortest times ever seen at the court for such a serious case

Daily Record

Woman who downed 10 pints and hurled glass bottle at innocent mum shouts "I'm sorry" as she's jailed

Thea Haywood, 29, left a mother-of-four with severe facial injuries when she recklessly threw a glass bottle in the middle of a pub.

Daily Mirror

DNA left on can of Coca-Cola leads to capture of bungling masked pub burglar

Dawid Mencnarowski had gone to great lengths to disable security equipment at the Oak Vaults pub but left behind a can of Coca-Cola that he had been drinking from during the raid

Daily Record

Vicious woman who abused terrified husband while drinking up to three bottles of wine a day is jailed

Sheree Spencer physically assaulted and emotionally abused her husband for 20 years, leaving him terrified to come forward as she threatened him with 'false allegations'.

Daily Mirror

Mum who downed three bottles of wine a day tortured terrified husband for 20 years

Sheree Spencer spat at and punched her husband, grabbing his hair, slapping him, kicking and biting him and threatened to take his head off, rip his heart out and break his teeth

Daily Mirror

Woman's luxury life unravels as chance encounter with police exposes secret drugs empire

Hull Crown Court heard graduate Danielle Stafford was an "enthusiastic" cannabis and cocaine dealer as a drugs stash with the street value of £33,600 was found in her Cottingham home

Daily Mirror

Elderly 'porn baron' jailed for masterminding illegal sex video business on black market

Barrie Templeman, 80, and his long-term partner, 67-year-old Diane Atkinson, were jailed after police discovered a huge amounts of money earned from a porn empire earning hundreds of thousands of pounds

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