Funeral director who hoarded bodies pocketed families’ charity cash, court told

Robert Bush, who has admitted a range of offences, appeared in court on Wednesday for the third day of his sentencing hearing.

Robert Bush, who has admitted a range of offences, appeared in court on Wednesday for the third day of his sentencing hearing.

Robert Bush told the couple their baby’s ashes were inside a blue coffin before police recovered the child’s remains in a brown paper bag on the funeral home floor nearly two years later

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."

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

Robert Bush is on trial at Hull Crown Court after bodies were discovered in varying states of decomposition at his Legacy funeral directors, which was described as a 'horror scene'

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

A grieving mother spoke out about a case that has been called 'beyond horrific' in an emotional BBC Breakfast interview