Hull funeral director Robert Bush sentenced after 'industrial scale' trust breach

Robert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, breached families' trust on an "almost industrial scale" by leaving bodies unburied and "rotting away", a UK court heard during his sentencing hearing. The funeral parlour was likened to a "horror scene".

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Funeral director who left people unburied breached families' trust 'on industrial scale', court hears

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Guardian Published 27 July 2026

Hull funeral director broke families’ trust on ‘almost industrial scale’, court hears

Robert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, left bodies ‘rotting away’, family members say A fraudulent funeral director broke the trust of families on an “almost industrial scale” as their loved ones’ bodies were left “rotting away”, a court has heard. Robert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, appeared at Hull crown court on Monday for a five-day sentencing hearing. He prev…

BBC Published 27 July 2026

Funeral director who left people unburied breached families' trust 'on industrial scale', court hears

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