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‘It’s like I’m Che Guevara or something’ - What disgraced funeral director told police when they arrested him for the second time
Robert Bush was arrested at his home in July 2024
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Legacy funeral director quizzed about Dove House Hospice donations ‘never received’ by the charity and using clients’ money to ‘shop at Tesco and pay the DVLA’
Footage of police interviews with Robert Bush has been released
‘First officers on scene’ pictures from Hessle Road branch of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors
Humberside Police footage was taken when investigation was launched
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