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Heartbroken mums ask 'where are our babies?' after funeral director handed back animal remains

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Heartbroken mums ask 'where are our babies?' after funeral director handed back animal remains
Heartbroken mums ask 'where are our babies?' after funeral director handed back animal remains
The grieving women have now united in a campaign to change the law after Bush was sentenced this week, saying parents whose babies die before 24 weeks are being failed by the justice system
Metro
Metro19 hrs ago
Cries as court told ‘evil’ funeral boss gave mum animal remains with baby ashes
Funeral director Robert Bush (centre) arrives at Hull Crown Court (Picture: PA) Bereaved families whose relatives were left to rot at a funeral home of horrors gasped as they heard how animal remains were among one baby’s ashes given back to a grieving mother. Robert Bush, 48, is being sentenced for 67 offences spannin
The Mirror
The Mirror23 hrs ago
Funeral director Robert Bush faces more harrowing victim accounts after being confronted by grieving mums
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Robert Bush, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, was bravely confronted by a grieving mother whose son she entrusted to his care but whose remains were left on the floor for two years
BBC News
BBC News1 days ago
Grieving mum was told baby's ashes were animal remains
Lucy Ness says "I hope my baby's remains are with someone who loves them like I loved these".
NZ Herald
NZ Herald1 days ago
Christchurch funeral director sacked after baby’s ashes returned in a cardboard box
The baby's cremation was also delayed three days without notice.
ITV News
ITV News1 days ago
Mums who lost babies tell court of trauma at being given wrong remains | ITV News - ITVX
Mums who lost babies tell court of trauma at being given wrong remains | ITV News  ITVX
RTÉ News
RTÉ News1 days ago
Mother faces funeral director who kept baby's body in bag
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."
Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Post1 days ago
Hull funeral director: "Were my baby's remains disposed of like a piece of litter?"
The mother of an unborn baby whose remains were left on the floor of a funeral parlour for nearly two years addressed a funeral director in court to tell him how she had trusted him "with the most precious and important person in her life."
Irish News
Irish News1 days ago
Woman sobs as she faces funeral director who kept her baby’s body in a paper bag
Jasmine Beverley told Robert Bush that ‘I trusted you with the most precious person in my life’.
Woman sobs as she faces funeral director who kept her baby’s body in a paper bag
Jasmine Beverley told Robert Bush that ‘I trusted you with the most precious person in my life’.
Stuff
Stuff2 days ago
UK funeral director left stillborn baby in paper bag for nearly two years
Robert Bush pleads guilty to preventing a lawful burial after police find remains of 30 people in Hull mortuary
Daily Record
Daily Record2 days ago
Baby in a paper bag among bodies found in 'horror scene' funeral directors
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'
Daily Star
Daily Star2 days ago
BBC Breakfast guest in tears as she shares how undertaker kept baby's body
A grieving mother spoke out about a case that has been called 'beyond horrific' in an emotional BBC Breakfast interview
Chronicle Live
Chronicle Live🏁 first to report3 days ago
Funeral director to be sentenced for 67 offences after families given wrong ashes
The sentencing hearing at Hull Crown Court is listed for five days and is expected to hear from more than 100 victims