Robert Bush, a funeral director from Hull, has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and one count of theft from charities. In March 2024, authorities discovered 35 bodies, some left for up to a year, and over 100 sets of ashes at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Bush admitted to giving grieving families the wrong ashes and fraudulently selling funeral plans, affecting over 150 individuals. The charges span from May 2012 to March 2024. He will be sentenced on July 27, with the judge stating a custodial sentence is inevitable. The case has caused immense distress to victims' families and has prompted calls for regulation of the funeral industry.