Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleBodycam footage released by Humberside Police revealed a "horror scene" at Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull, where over 30 decomposing bodies and 100 sets of ashes were discovered during a 2024 raid. Owner Robert Bush is due to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years, impacting hundreds of grieving families. Bush pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial, fraud related to bodies and 57 sets of ashes, and theft from 12 charities. His fraudulent activities included retaining bodies for months, distributing incorrect ashes, taking payments for unarranged funerals, and stealing charity donations. Hull Crown Court heard that Bush breached families' trust "on an almost industrial scale," including four instances of falsely presenting ashes as foetal remains. In full‘Horror scene’ at Hull funeral parlour caught on police bodycam videoMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Inside ‘horror’ funeral parlour where owner kept 30 decomposing bodies
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleBodycam footage released by Humberside Police revealed a "horror scene" at Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull, where over 30 decomposing bodies and 100 sets of ashes were discovered during a 2024 raid. Owner Robert Bush is due to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years, impacting hundreds of grieving families. Bush pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial, fraud related to bodies and 57 sets of ashes, and theft from 12 charities. His fraudulent activities included retaining bodies for months, distributing incorrect ashes, taking payments for unarranged funerals, and stealing charity donations. Hull Crown Court heard that Bush breached families' trust "on an almost industrial scale," including four instances of falsely presenting ashes as foetal remains. In full‘Horror scene’ at Hull funeral parlour caught on police bodycam videoMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
