When Robert Bush was charged with 67 offences, including preventing lawful and decent burial, there was rightfully public outrage that this had been allowed to happen.

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Ahead of his sentencing on Friday, the court heard hundreds of victim impact statements before his punishment was handed down. Bush did not just cut corners for financial gain. He willingly misled grieving families, desecrated the memory of their loved ones, and palpably harmed hundreds of individuals.

The sad fact is that this is only the most recent example in a litany of horrifying instances of malpractice in the funeral care sector. Elkin and Bell Funerals were found to have left bodies unrefrigerated and decomposing despite telling families cremation had already taken place. Robert Loveridge stole........

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