Funeral director who admitted hoarding bodies is ‘sorry’, lawyers tell judge

The court heard that Robert Bush could face up to 25 years in prison.

Shamed funeral director Robert Bush has offered an apology “without qualification” to the families left devastated by his mistreatment of their deceased loved ones, a court heard.Following two days of emotional testimony from his victims, Bush’s lawyers began to give his version of events for the first time on Wednesda

In the UK, a woman whose unborn baby's body was found in a paper bag on the floor of funeral director Robert Bush's business sobbed as she told him: "I trusted you with the most precious person in my life."

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Funeral director Robert Bush is facing sentencing for more than 65 offences as the court hears from victims whose loved ones' remains were mistreated as his company

Robert Bush had kept 35 bodies in various states of decomposition at his funeral home in Hull

The 48-year-old undertaker previously pleaded guilty to 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.

A British funeral director faced prison 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.

It was a throwaway comment made by a worker casually employed by Robert Bush that gave an indication of the horror police were about to discover behind the doors of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.

Police who searched his premises found 31 bodies in a cold storage area that should have been cremated months earlier.

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 Paxt

Police found 31 bodies in a cold storage area, including a stillborn baby that had been there for almost two years

A UK funeral director faces jail after 31 bodies were found uncremated, sparking calls for industry regulation. Discover the shocking details of this funer

Funeral director Robert Bush is being sentenced at Hull Crown Court for more than 65 offences which took place over 12 years with hundreds of victims and their grieving families impacted