CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director
Funeral director Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years for multiple offenses, including stealing from charities and selling fake funeral plans. Authorities are now moving to freeze his assets to provide compensation to the victims.
Why it matters
The case exposes a significant failure in funeral industry regulation and the devastating impact of financial exploitation on grieving families.
Image source, AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Robert Bush sold fake funeral plans and stole from charities
A disgraced funeral director's bank accounts and assets have been frozen, as prosecutors seek to recover cash fleeced from his victims.
Robert Bush was jailed for 20 years at Hull Crown Court on Friday for 67 offences, including denying 30 people a decent and proper burial and giving families the ashes of strangers.
Bush, 48, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, stole up to £12,000 from charities and sold fake funeral plans.
Laura Tams KC, deputy chief crown prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: "We will be looking at him, at the financial aspects of this case, to see if we can confiscate any of the proceeds of his crimes and try to compensate the families."
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in