Funeral director treated deceased 'like a piece of meat'
A former funeral director, Robert Bush, is being sentenced for multiple offences after failing to properly bury or cremate bodies at his funeral parlour. Families of the deceased have shared harrowing accounts of the discovery of remains and the psychological trauma caused by the deception.
Why it matters
The case has caused significant public outrage and highlights the need for stricter regulation and oversight in the funeral industry.
Image source, Nick Lewis Image caption, A court has been hearing from the families whose loved ones' remains were recovered from Robert Bush's funeral parlour in Hull
A grieving family has accused a former funeral director of treating their deceased father "like a piece of meat".
Robert Bush is being sentenced at Hull Crown Court this week, having admitted 67 offences including failing to bury and cremate people at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
The court heard the disgraced undertaker told Terence White's relatives he had been cremated and they were horrified when his body was one of 35 found at the Hull funeral parlour in March 2024.
On Tuesday, the court also heard a grieving daughter describe how the horrors at the Hessle Road site had given her nightmares of "piled up bodies" that she likened to scenes from the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.
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