Funeral director treated deceased 'like a piece of meat'

Funeral director treated deceased 'like a piece of meat'Image source, Nick LewisImage caption, A court has been hearing from the families whose loved ones' remains were recovered from Robert Bush's funeral parlour in HullByPritti MistryBBC NewsPublished3 hours agoA grieving family has accused a former funeral director of treating their deceased father "like a piece of meat".Robert Bush is being sentenced at Hull Crown Court this week, having admitted 67 offences including failing to bury and cremate people at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.The court heard the disgraced undertaker told Terence White's relatives he had been cremated and they were horrified when his body was one of 35 found at the Hull funeral parlour in March 2024.On Tuesday, the court also heard a grieving daughter describe how the horrors at the Hessle Road site had given her nightmares of "piled up bodies" that she likened to scenes from the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.Image source, Humberside PoliceImage caption, The faces of the victims whose bodies and ashes were recovered from Legacy's premises in 2024This story contains details some might find distressing.Some 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found at Legacy, which was run by Bush.The court heard he falsely told families they had been cremated or buried and gave them the ashes of strangers.Opening the five-day sentencing on Monday, the prosecution outlined "horror scenes" from the parlour, which included discovering a stillborn baby in a brown paper bag.More than 30 bereaved families who used the undertaker's services have described the devastation and psychological impact of the 48-year-old's actions.On Tuesday, the court heard from the family of 73-year-old Terence White, whose body was recovered from Legacy more than two months after his death on Christmas Eve 2023.In a victim impact statement, his daughter Angela Scottow said the family arranged...