Former Funeral Director admits multiple fraud offences after investigation into remains
Robert Bush from Legacy pleaded guilty to 35 counts of fraud by false representation.
Last updated 15th Oct 2025
A Hull funeral director has admitted multiple offences after an investigation into remains found at an East Yorkshire funeral directors.
Robert Bush from Legacy pleaded guilty to 35 counts of fraud by false representation.
The 47-year-old, formerly of Kirk Ella in East Yorkshire denied 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial, and one offence of theft involving a series of charities.
Bush is due to go on trial for those alleged offences at Sheffield Crown Court in October next year.
Most of the fraud by false representation charges said that he dishonestly made false representations to bereaved families saying he would: properly care for the remains of the deceased in accordance with the normal expected practices of a competent funeral director; arrange for the cremation of those remains to take place immediately or soon after the conclusion of the funeral service; and that the ashes presented to the customer were the remains of the deceased person after cremation.
He admitted four "foetus allegations" which stated he presented ashes to a customer falsely saying that they were "the remains of their unborn".
Judge John Thackray KC, the Recorder of Hull, granted Bush conditional bail until the trial, which is expected to take eight weeks.