Funeral director gets 20 years for keeping bodies, stealing money

A funeral director in Hull, England, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for failing to bury or cremate the bodies of his clients and stealing money.

Robert Bush, a funeral director at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, was jailed for 20 years after hoarding bodies for months and giving bereaved families the wrong ashes

Bush hoarded bodies and gave bereaved families the wrong ashes

Robert Bush, the Hull funeral director behind Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, has been jailed for 20 years after hoarding bodies for months and giving bereaved families the wrong ashes

Robert Bush also sold false funeral plans worth more than £500,000 in total, covering more than 200 people

Robert Bush, 48, was jailed for 20 years after hoarding bodies for months and giving bereaved families the wrong ashes at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull

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

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

More than 80 loved ones spoke of horrors of learning about Robert Bush’s crimes, including mother of a miscarried baby A funeral director has been jailed for 20 years for leaving dozens of bodies – including a miscarried baby – “rotting” in his mortuary and giving bereaved families the wrong ashes. Robert Bush, the own

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