A funeral director has appeared in court charged with 63 offences spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises.
Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial and 30 counts of fraud by false representation relating to bodies found at his firm, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, in Hull in March last year.
The charges date from between April 2023 and March 2024.
He has also been charged with one count of fraud by false representation in relation to human ashes between August 2017 and March 2024, and one count of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans between May 2012 and March 2024.
There are said to be 50 alleged victims of the charge relating to human ashes and 172 victims of the fraud relating to funeral plans.
