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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter and agency

Man charged with 64 offences in Hull funeral home inquiry

Police outside Legacy Independent Funeral Directors  in Hull.
Police spent weeks searching the premises of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A 47-year-old man has been charged with dozens of counts of preventing a lawful burial in connection with the investigation into remains found at a funeral directors in Hull, Humberside police have said.

Funeral director Robert Bush, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has been charged with 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and 30 counts of fraud by false representation after a number of bodies and “a quantity” of human ashes were found at his premises between 20 April 2023 and 6 March 2024.

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