Man pleads guilty to preventing lawful burial regarding 30 bodies at Hull funeral home

Funeral director Robert Bush had previously admitted to dozens of counts of fraud at hearing in October

A fraudulent funeral director has admitted giving families the wrong ashes, lying to them, stealing from them and also stealing from charities while he was “trusted by people at a time they needed him most”.

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to preventing a lawful burial after 30 bodies and a quantity of ashes were found at a funeral home in Hull in 2024, in a case that shocked an entire city.