Overview
- Robert Bush filed for permission to appeal his 20-year jail term on Wednesday, asking the Court of Appeal to review the sentence.
- He was jailed in July after admitting 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing lawful burial, following a trial at Hull Crown Court.
- Court evidence showed 31 decomposing bodies were found at his Legacy funeral parlour and families remain unsure whether the ashes they received were correct.
- Dozens of victims and 226 pensioners gave testimony at sentencing that they had been betrayed or sold fake funeral plans, and many said the sentence felt too short.
- A Court of Appeal decision is pending and, if permission is granted, victims may be required to revisit testimony which could affect their efforts to find closure and prompt renewed scrutiny of funeral-sector safeguards.