Funeral director who admitted hoarding bodies is ‘sorry’, lawyers tell judge

Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of funeral director Robert Bush appearing at Hull Crown Court, for sentencing on 30 counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body, and one count of theft from 12 charities. Bush has admitted multiple charges of fraud in relation to human remains found at the premises of his business, Legacy Funeral Directors, in Hull. Picture date: Monday July 27, 2026. - (PA Wire)

Shamed funeral director Robert Bush has offered an apology “without qualification” to the families left devastated by his mistreatment of their deceased loved ones, a court heard.

Following two days of emotional testimony from his victims, Bush’s lawyers began to give his version of events for the first time on Wednesday, telling a judge: “He has expressed himself to the court, and through the court to the families, as being sorry.”