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The Guardian view on funerals: the law must change following Robert Bush’s crimes

Editorial: An undertaker’s trial has exposed a regulatory blind spot. The public, as well as trade bodies, should be involved in shaping reform

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Victims call Robert Bush jail term ‘atrocious’ as Government vows regulation

Funeral director Robert Bush, 48, breached his customers’ trust ‘on an industrial scale’ for 12 years.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Inside the Robert Bush case: Funeral director jailed after decade-long horror at UK parlour

Robert Bush received a twenty-year prison sentence for his funeral home's mishandling of bodies. Police discovered thirty-one bodies and over one hundred sets of ashes in dreadful conditions. Families were given the wrong ashes, causing immense emotional distress and pain. Bush's actions were driven by financial greed, according to the…

The Economic Times · Jul 31

Funeral director who hoarded bodies and gave out wrong ashes jailed for 20 years

Robert Bush breached the trust of his customers at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors ‘on an almost industrial scale’.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Hull funeral director who left bodies to rot in mortuary jailed for 20 years

More than 80 loved ones spoke of horrors of learning about Robert Bush’s crimes, including mother of a miscarried baby

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

Watch Robert Bush sentencing live as disgraced funeral director learns fate in ‘unprecedented’ case

Watch live as disgraced funeral director Robert Bush is to learn his fate after a five-day sentencing hearing in which more than 200 victims described the devastating impact of his crimes.

The Independent UK · Jul 31

Disgraced funeral director Robert Bush to be sentenced in ‘unprecedented’ case

He will be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims at his business in Hull.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

‘Horror scene’ at Hull funeral parlour caught on police bodycam video

Bodycam footage captures the “horror scene” that was discovered at a Hull funeral parlour, where more than 30 decomposing bodies and 100 sets of ashes were found.

The Independent UK · Jul 30

Funeral director ‘ripped off’ vulnerable pensioners with fake funeral plans

A court has heard Robert Bush defrauded 226 people by charging them for funeral plans he was not authorised to set up, and keeping the money.

Evening Standard · Jul 30

Shamed funeral director accepts he is ‘hated and despised’ pariah, court told

Robert Bush’s barrister said his client has apologised to the relatives of the dead he mistreated in a systematic way at his Hull firm.

Evening Standard · Jul 29