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Funeral Director Gets 20 Years for Misusing Bodies, £562k Fraud

7/31/2026

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Robert Bush received a 20-year prison term from Hull Crown Court for mishandling bodies and fraud.
He pleaded guilty to 67 offences, 30 counts of preventing lawful burial, and stole £562,117 from 226 false funeral plans.
PC Jason Sutcliffe found more than 35 bodies and 100 ash containers stored and discovered miscarried baby Sunny Beverley-Conlin, whose remains had stayed at the mortuary for two years after a May 2022 miscarriage.

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Robert Bush received a 20-year prison term from Hull Crown Court for mishandling bodies and fraud.
He pleaded guilty to 67 offences, 30 counts of preventing lawful burial, and stole £562,117 from 226 false funeral plans.
PC Jason Sutcliffe found more than 35 bodies and 100 ash containers stored and discovered miscarried baby Sunny Beverley-Conlin, whose remains had stayed at the mortuary for two years after a May 2022 miscarriage.