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Crooked funeral director Robert Bush in bid to appeal against prison sentence

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Addison, I. (2026, November 11). Crooked funeral director Robert Bush in bid to appeal against prison sentence. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/press-association-court-of-appeal-hull-bbc-b1304544.html

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Robert Bush, a former funeral director who admitted to various offenses including hoarding bodies and providing incorrect ashes to families, is attempting to appeal against his 20-year prison sentence handed down in July. The court heard evidence that Bush's actions affected hundreds of victims over a period of 12 years, with 31 decomposing bodies found at his funeral home. Families and victims expressed dissatisfaction with the length of the sentence during the hearing, calling it insufficient justice for their trauma.

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Robert Bush, a former funeral director who admitted to hoarding bodies and providing wrong ashes to families, has applied to appeal his 20-year prison sentence. Sentenced in July for 67 offenses including 30 counts of preventing lawful burial, Bush's crimes affected hundreds of victims over 12 years. The Legacy funeral parlour where he operated had 31 decomposing bodies found inside. Families remain unsure if they received the correct ashes due to his actions. At sentencing, senior judge Mr Justice Hillard noted that he had "never known offences affect so many people so deeply." Bush's appeal application is pending at the Court of Appeal, and its outcome will be determined later. Joanne Moody, whose father Peter Moody was among those found in Legacy, criticized the sentence as insufficient, stating it would allow Bush to be out in 10 years, adding that there’s "no justice for any of us."

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Bush will find out the result of his application to the Court of Appeal at a later date.

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A former funeral director who admitted to hoarding bodies and giving relatives the wrong ashes has applied to appeal against his 20-year prison sentence. asserted

who → admit → sentence

Robert Bush was jailed in July for 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial, after breaching his customers’ trust “on an industrial scale” for 12 years. asserted

Bush → jail → years

Bush admitted to crimes which affected hundreds of victims, with 31 decomposing bodies found at his funeral parlour, Legacy, and families left forever in the dark as to whether they had received the right ashes. asserted

they → admit → ashes

His sentencing hearing also heard from some of the 226 pensioners who said they had been “conned” out of what little savings they had after being sold fake funeral plans by Bush. asserted

they → hear → Bush

Sentencing the 48-year-old, senior judge Mr Justice Hillard said he had “never known offences affect so many people so deeply”. asserted

offences → sentence → people

After Bush was jailed, many of the family members who packed the public gallery in court said the prison term was not long enough, with one branding it “atrocious”. asserted

term → jail → it

Joanne Moody, whose father Peter Moody was one of 31 bodies found at Legacy, said after the hearing: “It’s a joke, he’s going to be out in 10 years. “There’s no justice for any of us…we’re not going to get closure.” asserted

he → find → closure

Tristan Essex, grandson of Jessie Stockdale, whose body was also discovered at Legacy, told the broadcaster he is “absolutely disgusted” by Bush’s application to appeal, which has added “cruelty to our suffering”. asserted

which → discover → suffering

Bush will find out the result of his application to the Court of Appeal at a later date. asserted

Bush → find → date

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