UK funeral director jailed for 20 years for 'dreadful' practices

Robert Bush admitted to 67 offences after police uncovered 31 decomposing bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes, with at least 46 families found to have received the wrong remains.

Robert Bush, of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, was jailed for 20 years today by a judge who branded him 'heartless' after police uncovered a 'horror scene' at the funeral home

A funeral director in the UK, who hoarded bodies for months and gave bereaved families the wrong ashes, has been jailed for 20 years.

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

It includes bodies stored for months in an “undignified manner” and relatives handed other people’s ashes.

Statements from more than 200 victims were read in court, with many who chose to read them in person breaking down in tears

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’.

Robert Bush, 48, breached the trust of grieving families ‘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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