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Trust, grief and betrayal: Inside the Legacy funeral case
Undertaker Robert Bush looked to the floor for most of his five-day sentencing hearing
This story contains details some might find distressing.
I've reported on many criminal cases before, but nothing like that of undertaker Robert Bush.
Now the case is over, we can report on what it was like to follow a story that began when whistleblowers raised concerns about Legacy Independent Funeral Directors with Humberside Police in March 2024.
Bush, the former owner of Legacy in Hull, admitted 67 offences, including fraudulent trading, denying 30 people a decent and proper burial, and giving some bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers.
The scale of Bush's offending was extraordinary. Police identified 300 victims.
Some were families who had paid Bush for funeral plans and services.
Others were relatives left questioning whether the ashes they had received really belonged to their loved ones.
There were also the deceased, whose bodies he had been trusted to bury or cremate with dignity.
Bush's scores of victims meant seats in courtroom four at Hull Crown Court for his five-day sentencing were in high demand.