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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Family of man whose body was found after being ‘cremated’ call for tighter regulation

Michaela Baldwin
Michaela Baldwin, stepdaughter of Danny Middleton, said: ‘It’s easier to open a funeral directors than it is a sandwich shop.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The family of a man whose body was found in a Hull funeral home after he was supposed to have been cremated have said it is “easier to open a funeral directors than it is a sandwich shop”, as they urged the government to regulate the industry.

Michaela Baldwin said she had assumed funeral directors were subject to some regulation when her family used one in Hull after the death of her stepfather, Danny Middleton.

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