Victims of disgraced funeral boss demand industry regulation
He failed to bury or cremate people, gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers and defrauded nearly 200 families out of more than £500,000.It is nearly two years since Tristan and Claire launched their campaign. Outside court, the group's small white posters were printed with a QR code that linked to a parliamentary petition for "full statutory regulation" of the funeral industry. "You can start your own funeral directors from your shed," said Tristan.
- ▪He failed to bury or cremate people, gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers and defrauded nearly 200 families out of more than £500,000.It is nearly two years since Tristan and Claire launched their campaign.
- ▪Outside court, the group's small white posters were printed with a QR code that linked to a parliamentary petition for "full statutory regulation" of the funeral industry.
- ▪"You can start your own funeral directors from your shed," said Tristan.
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Victims of disgraced funeral boss demand industry regulationImage source, PAImage caption, Relatives of the victims of Robert Bush call for funeral industry regulation outside his sentencing hearing at Hull Crown CourtPublished3 minutes agoByPaul Murphy, in Hull and Paul Johnson, East Yorkshire and LincolnshireTristan Essex is standing on the steps of Hull Crown Court, shoulder to shoulder with several others whose lives have been devastated by disgraced funeral director Robert Bush.
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