6 h. ago Funeral director admits 35 fraud charges after human remains investigation

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to offences spanning more than 10 years at his business, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ in Hull

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7 h. ago Funeral director admits giving women ashes he falsely claimed were their unborn babies

Robert Bush, 47, appeared at Hull Crown Court to enter pleas following an investigation by Humberside Police.

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7 h. ago Funeral director pleads guilty to charges after police found human remains

Robert Bush has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud relating to misleading families of the deceased but will stand trial on charges of preventing lawful and decent burials in October next year

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7 h. ago Funeral director admits giving women ashes he claimed were their unborn children

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to offences spanning more than 10 years at his business, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ in Hull.

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8 h. ago Funeral director admits 35 fraud charges relating to human remains including four unborn babies

Robert Bush, 47, admitted multiple counts of false representation and one of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans

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8 h. ago Funeral director admits 35 fraud charges over remains including four foetuses

Robert Bush admitted 35 counts of false representation and one of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans.

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8 h. ago Funeral director will face trial next year over human remains found in his parlour

Robert Bush, 47, appeared at Hull Crown Court to enter pleas following an investigation by Humberside Police.

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9 h. ago Funeral director pleads guilty to charges over probe into human remains

Robert Bush, 47, appeared in court facing 65 charges spanning more than 10 years after a probe into human remains found at his premises.

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24 h. ago Funeral director to enter pleas to 65 charges after remains found at premises

Robert Bush is facing a range of charges including preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body, relating to 30 different people.

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2 w. ago Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh

Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week.Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reclusive vegetarian couple 'deliberately starved daughter, three, to death by feeding her little more than butter, lentils and yogurt', court hears

The body of Penelope Chandrie was found at her home in west London on December 17, 2023, after her mother called a funeral director and told them her daughter had died.

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2 w. ago Cops probing ‘mishandling of human remains’ at Scots funeral parlour appeal for more witnesses to come forward

BEREAVED relatives who allege their late loved ones’ ashes may have been mishandled by a funeral firm suspected of fraud have been urged to contact cops. Officers are already investigating more than 70 complaints made by people who dealt with the former A Milne Independent Funeral Directors, in Glasgow and Dumbarton. And now as part...

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2 w. ago Funeral director scandal hits 70 victims as cops warn more families could be affected

"To hear there are so many victims isn’t a surprise but it does make me sad because with stuff like this there may not be any closure for some people."

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last month 'I'm a mortician and people tend to have the same regret just before they die'

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed mortician and funeral director, has shared his insights into death and dying - and he's noticed a recurring theme among those who share their regrets just before they die

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last month 'I'm a mortician and have noticed same regret people have on deathbed'

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed mortician and funeral director, answered a query about the poignant topic of "deathbed regrets" and revealed one common theme among many people before they pass away

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