Jailed Funeral Director Robert Bush's Apology Angers Hull Families After 20-Year Sentence
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 5
Jailed Funeral Director Robert Bush's Apology Angers Hull Families After 20-Year Sentence
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 5
Summary
Victims of Robert Bush's written apology said the letter deepened their distress, with Jasmine Beverley calling it an apology for families' reactions rather than for his actions.
Bush, 48, was jailed for 20 years on Friday after admitting 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and theft from 12 charities.
Police found 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull after a March 2024 tip-off exposed what prosecutors called a shambolic, chaotic operation.
Families tied their anger to lasting trauma: Beverley's stillborn son Sunny was found in a brown paper bag nearly two years later, while Tristan Essex said the letter mocked relatives after his grandmother's body was kept for five months.