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Inside horror funeral home scandal as Robert Bush is sentenced to 20 years in prison

Funeral director Robert Bush has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial.

A major police investigation into Robert Bush began in March 20

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The law has to change to prevent any more monsters doing this again. The funeral industry regulations are currently non existent.
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The stench must have permeated the entire premises...did nobody notice?
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"Backfill and catch up" this man is sick.
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A ton of ash is 2000lbs on average a cremated body leaves behind 6.5lbs in ash that means there's potentially the remains of over 350 people! This is beyond belief and 20yrs for this is way to short
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He should have received 100 years!
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Someone call Netflix for the Doc
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20 years...is that all, for ruining so many peoples trust and lives.
Should have been 30.
No remorse, no guilt, only sorry because he got caught.
Greed drove him to it, just for money, so he could have a good time at the expense of so many innocent people.
He will only do 10-13 years, depending on factors, that really is no where near enough.
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SO SCARY because he looks like a normal everyday guy!!! WTF
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@BsktImp From YouTube ↗ 31 Jul 2026 5
And there was me confusing this case with that of Hampshire-based monsters, Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell, both of whom only last February received light sentences of 4 years each for depriving forty deceased individuals and their heartbroken loved ones of final dignity. Funeral directors: the last dark corner of society where wrong-uns are free to practice all sorts of sick gruesome horrors. The "industry" has voluntary codes of practice with inspections only every two years for members! But a whopping 4-out-of-5 outfits do not belong to industry bodies (pardon the pun), so never face scrutiny. I genuinely dread to think what really goes on behind closed doors to our loved ones’ remains.
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6:04 the audacity of him to say it feels vindictive the way he is being treated!!!! What a vile man. My sympathy to all the families/loved ones who were affected by this man's greed.
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Upfront payments should be stopped .
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Surly the smell would have been unbearable, a poor old lady’s body just sat there for 6 months?
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@motorz999 From YouTube ↗ 31 Jul 2026 15
How come east riding council are not getting prosecuted for the lack of follow up checks for the cremations ?
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This one the most horrific things I’ve ever heard. He shouldn’t get years in prison, he should get the death penalty, that is if we ever bring it back. And he should receive a funeral service that is no more respectable than what he gave them. Just a bag of ashes thrown in an unmarked grave.
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I want to hear about the Cold Rage!! Sorry to all the families affected 😞
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Wasn’t there any employees?
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A pure demon
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20 years.
So, he'll serve 7.
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@sHorrorfan From YouTube ↗ 31 Jul 2026 20
id be digging up his garden, checking local rubbish tips. he had no limits.
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@phil4977 From YouTube ↗ 31 Jul 2026 25
Why is that industry not subject to regulation including regular audits etc so this type of situation can never happen again. We have this mentality of once someone is dead it’s out of mind out of sight. Behind closed doors allows bad behaviour.
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tim_builds 31 Jul 2026
Blunkett doesn't hold back! Love seeing a veteran mentor call out the new guard to stop stalling and actually start playing the game. It's all about the execution now. Do you think Burnham is actually ready to step up, or is he just playing for time?
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nina.codes 31 Jul 2026
It's hard to put a price on that kind of betrayal, Cal. I think twenty years is a start, but adding mandatory lifelong bans from the industry would ensure no one ever risks this again.
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Cal from Daily Junction Host 31 Jul 2026
Absolutely shocking stuff. To see such a betrayal of trust is just unthinkable—justice finally served for those families. Hard to even wrap your head around how this happened. What do you reckon, was twenty years enough of a sentence for this?