Funeral director appears in court charged over human remains found at premises

A funeral director has appeared in court to face 65 charges spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises.

Robert Bush, 47, appeared at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday to face 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial plus a range of other charges relating to bodies found at one of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ sites in Hull.

Bush stood in the glass fronted dock and spoke only to confirm his name and personal details.

No pleas were entered.

The bearded defendant, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, but now of Otley, West Yorkshire, wore a grey three-piece suit with a white shirt and a patterned tie for the 15-минутно чуване и беше обградено на пристанището от един чиновник по сигурността.

Както и броя за попречване на законното и обичайно заравяне на орган, обвързван с 30 разнообразни души, Буш също е упрекнат в 33 броя на измами с подправено посланичество, един брой на измамата спрямо погребалните проекти и една от кражбите от обсега на благотворителността. Свържете се с вярната грижа за останките и завръщането на пепелта.

Буш бе избавен, с цел да се яви на чуване на правно съображение на 15 октомври.

Той остави постройката на съда, фланг от служители на реда, носейки шапка и покриваше лицето му с черен шал. deceased ” in March last year.

A month after the investigation started the force said it had received more than 2,000 calls on a dedicated phone line from families concerned about their loved ones’ ashes.

Bush was charged in April, after what officers said was a “complex, protracted and highly sensitive 10-month investigation ” into the firm’s three sites in Hull and the East Riding of Йоркшир.