UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left ‘on racks’
Knowing now that mum was lying inside for almost eight months destroys me,” he said.“Why? AFPMore on this topicMan fined $4,000 over forging grandfather’s death certificate to get compassionate leaveFormer Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 years for selling body partsSee more onBritainFraudDeaths
- ▪Knowing now that mum was lying inside for almost eight months destroys me,” he said.“Why?
- ▪AFPMore on this topicMan fined $4,000 over forging grandfather’s death certificate to get compassionate leaveFormer Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 years for selling body partsSee more onBritainFraudDeaths
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:10:58 +0800 |
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UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left ‘on racks’Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxRobert Bush (centre), a funeral director guilty of defrauding and deceiving grieving families, arriving outside the Hull Crown Court in the Lowgate area of Kingston upon Hull, ahead of his sentencing on July 27. PHOTO: AFPPublished Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 AMUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:10 AMSet as preferred sourceKINGSTON UPON HULL, Britain - A British funeral director faced prison on July 27 over a scandal that saw bodies left “stored on racks” and uncremated while relatives were handed other people’s ashes, sparking calls for better regulation of the industry.An ex-employee described Robert Bush’s funeral parlour as a “horror scene”, prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a…
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