The Latest Breaking News from Hull Crown Court

Disgraced funeral director jailed over ‘dreadful’ treatment of bodies and ashes

Robert Bush, 48, breached the trust of grieving families ‘on an almost industrial scale’

The Independent UK · Jul 31

The families traumatised by ‘evil’ funeral director Robert Bush: ‘My uncle was left in a body bag for 6 months’

Four grieving parents were given the wrong ashes of their stillborn babies, with one foetus later found in a brown paper bag

The Independent UK · Jul 31

Disgraced funeral director Robert Bush to be sentenced in ‘unprecedented’ case

He will be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims at his business in Hull.

Evening Standard · Jul 31

Funeral director Robert Bush spent £42,000 on holidays while defrauding clients

Hull Crown Court was told on Wednesday about some of Bush’s personal spending.

Evening Standard · Jul 29

Funeral director who hoarded bodies pocketed families’ charity cash, court told

Robert Bush, who has admitted a range of offences, appeared in court on Wednesday for the third day of his sentencing hearing.

Evening Standard · Jul 29

Woman sobs as she faces funeral director who kept her baby’s body in a paper bag

Jasmine Beverley told Robert Bush that ‘I trusted you with the most precious person in my life’.

Evening Standard · Jul 28

Woman says horrors at Robert Bush’s funeral parlour made her think of Auschwitz

Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.

Evening Standard · Jul 28

Crooked funeral director ‘gave victims strangers’ ashes with smile on his face’

A court heard the horrors at Hull-based Legacy Independent Funeral Directors included bodies left to rot on racks and an unborn baby in a paper bag.

Evening Standard · Jul 27

Crooked funeral director Robert Bush to be sentenced for more than 65 offences

Robert Bush, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, gave grieving families the wrong ashes while their loved ones’ bodies were left at his site

Evening Standard · Jul 27

Funeral director ‘will pay for what he’s done’, says mother of stillborn child

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial on Thursday at Hull Crown Court.

Evening Standard · Apr 3