‘Monster’ funeral director Robert Bush seeks to appeal 20-year prison sentence

Robert Bush has lodged an application to challenge his 20-year prison sentence for offences committed through his Hull funeral business, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. The case drew attention to serious abuses of grieving families’ trust, and any decision on whether an appeal can proceed will be made by the courts.

Bush, 48, was sentenced in July for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting around 300 victims. He admitted leaving 31 bodies to decompose, giving families the wrong ashes, taking more than £500,000 from 226 people for unauthorised funeral plans, and stealing charity donations. Police described the investigation as the largest and most complex in Humberside Police’s history; some families have said an appeal could force them to revisit their distress.