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Guilty plea in Legacy Independent Funeral Directors investigation |
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Following an incredibly heartbreaking and complex sixteen-month investigation into what began as concern for care of the deceased at a funeral directors in Hull, Robert Bush has today pleaded guilty to the remaining 31 offences that he was charged with, taking the total number of offences to 67. Appearing at Hull Crown Court today (Thursday, 2 April) Bush was read the list of the remaining 31 charges against him before pleading guilty to all of them, detailed below as read out in court: 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial in relation to the recovery of the deceased from the premise on Hessle Road between April 2023 and March 2024 One count of theft from charities between 1 September, 2017 and 6 March, 2023 Bush had previously pleaded guilty to the below charges, as read out in court: 30 counts of fraud by false representation in relation to the deceased recovered at the Hessle Road premise who should have been cremated, and their families advised they had been and provided with ashes between April 2023 and March 2024 Four counts of fraud by false representation in relation to ashes provided to families following loss in pregnancy, with one of the unborn being recovered from the premises. These families were provided with ashes between August 2017 and March 2024 One count of fraud by false representation in relation to either families provided with ashes of their loved ones, with ashes identified as their loved one later found at the premise, or families not receiving any ashes at all between August 2017 and March 2024 One count of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans between 23 May, 2012 and 6 March, 2024  | ||
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