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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hayden Vernon

Man and woman arrested after police remove 34 bodies from Hull funeral parlour

Officer outside funeral parlour
Police said the bodies were ‘respectfully transported’ from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ Hessle Road branch to the city’s mortuary. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of prevention of lawful and decent burial after police removed 34 bodies from a funeral parlour in Hull.

The 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were also arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position, Humberside police said.

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