Former Hull funeral director appears in court over remains found last year
Robert Bush has been charged with 63 offences in total
Last updated 25th Jun 2025
A funeral director has appeared in court charged with 63 offences after a major investigation into remains found at his premises.
Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial and 31 counts of fraud by false representation relating to bodies found at the firm's Hessle Road site in Hull in March last year.
He has also been charged with one count of fraudulent trading in relation to funeral plans sold between May 2012 and March 2024, and one count of theft from charities including dog charities, the RNLI and the Salvation Army.
He appeared briefly at Hull Magistrates' Court on Wednesday morning where no pleas were entered.
Humberside Police launched an investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors across three premises in Hull and East Yorkshire in March last year.
Bush, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, but now of Otley, West Yorkshire, was bailed before a hearing at Hull Crown Court on August 13.