மோதல் · Hull funeral director jailed · காப்பகம்31 Bodies, £1.5M Stolen: Hull Funeral Director Jailed 20 Yearsஎழுத்து வடிவம் 7 செப்டம்பர், 2026 அன்று 9:22 PM UTCபாருங்கள்உரைப்பதிவு0:00Robert Bush has been sentenced to 200:02years in prison after admitting 670:04charges, including 30 counts of0:06preventing a lawful burial. For over a0:08decade, Bush ran Legacy Independent0:10Funeral Directors on Hessle Road in0:12Hull, trusted by the community. When a0:15casual worker raised concerns, police0:17raided the premises in March 2024. Bush0:20started Legacy in 2011, operating for0:23over a decade before police found 310:25bodies in 2024. A second arrest followed0:28as the scale of victims and fraud came0:29to light, leading to today's 20-year0:31sentence. Between 2011 and 2024, Bush0:35transferred nearly 1.5 million pounds0:37out of Legacy's accounts into his0:38personal bank account. He also took more0:40than half a million for funeral plans he0:42had no authority to provide. Police0:44later found he spent over 40,000 pounds0:46on holidays, jewelry, and restaurants.0:48When a casual worker finally spoke up0:50about bodies left inside, police entered0:53a room described as like something from0:54a horror film. 31 bodies in varying0:57states of decay were found, including an0:59unborn baby in a paper bag. Casey1:01Walston had trusted Bush to cremate her1:03miscarried baby, but the ashes returned1:06were not her child's. Ron Marsh's mother1:08Joyce was left inside Legacy for nearly1:106 months. Andrew Judge of the National1:12Association of Funeral Directors says1:14funeral directors do not need1:15professional qualifications, and he now1:18campaigns for an independent watchdog.1:25At Hull Crown Court, family after family1:28stood up to confront Bush. Others1:30described nightmares and trauma. The1:32case has sparked a national conversation1:34about oversight, with many families now1:36campaigning for stronger regulation.கட்டுரையைப் படிக்கவும்செய்தியின் காலவரிசைHeyDexகுறுங்காணொளி ↗
