Overview

• Parents reported finding their infants in the funeral director’s living room, including one mother who said her son was positioned in front of a TV.
• Amie Upton says she brought babies home to “rest,” read and sang to them, and maintains they were never left alone or allowed to deteriorate.
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has barred Upton from its mortuaries and maternity wards and says safeguarding measures have been in place since 2021.
• West Yorkshire Police confirm two reports about her service were investigated, with extensive enquiries identifying no potential crimes.
• The coverage spotlights the absence of statutory rules for funeral directors in England and Wales, which an inquiry led by Sir Jonathan Michael has urged the government to introduce.