UK · 29 July 2026
How was a decade of funeral fraud finally exposed?
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A contracted undertaker delivering a body found decomposing remains at a Hull funeral home in March 2024, while its owner holidayed in Arizona, a court heard. Police removed 35 bodies and linked ashes to 163 families, exposing fraud running since 2012. Robert Bush has admitted 67 charges including preventing burial and fraud, with sentencing at Hull Crown Court due this week.
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