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'I trusted you with the most precious person in my life' - heartbroken mum faces funeral director Robert Bush in court
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Legacy Funerals' Robert Bush sentencing - updates from day two
The hearing started at Hull Crown Court on Monday with details of his crimes and the impact they have had being read out
Hull funeral director: "Were my baby's remains disposed of like a piece of litter?"
The mother of an unborn baby whose remains were left on the floor of a funeral parlour for nearly two years addressed a funeral director in court to tell him how she had trusted him "with the most precious and important person in her life."
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A grieving daughter said the horrors at Robert Bush’s funeral parlour made her think of “bodies found in Auschwitz”, while another described the fraudster treating her “lovely” father “like a piece of meat”.
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Court hears how funeral director breached trust on 'an almost industrial scale'
This story contains details some might find distressing.
Hull funeral director: Bodies left ‘like something from a horror scene’
It was a throwaway comment made by a worker casually employed by Robert Bush that gave an indication of the horror police were about to discover behind the doors of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
Hull funeral director: 'Bush always said: 'Bless you' but what he did was pure evil'
Many of the relatives told the court how empathetic and personable Robert Bush seemed – adding yet another layer to the difficulty in trying to understand how he could do such evil things.
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