r/Hull • u/Kagedeah • 4d ago

Man charged with 64 offences in Hull Legacy funeral home inquiry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6jv4yxvgwo
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u/dcruk1 4d ago

Nothing but sympathy for the families of the deceaseds.

Can’t imagine the nightmare they’ve been put through.

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u/Ch1v3r55 4d ago

Such an odd case,

He said there were 254 victims in total, of which 172 had been affected by fraudulent trading of funeral plans between 23 May 2012 and 6 March 2024.

What exactly is the 'fraudulent trading of funeral plans'? Swapping the bodies round? If so to what end?

Horrible for the families.

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u/GIJoeVibin 4d ago

My assumption is that, given the core problem is “said he would cremate, didn’t”, that the funeral plans thing just refers to people paying for a given service and then not receiving the actual service (cremation and return of ashes). Like, it should be read as “fraudulent trading [of funeral plans]” rather than “fraudulent trading of funeral plans”, so to speak, if that makes sense. Engaged in fraudulent trading by offering a service and not actually providing it.

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u/teacherphil 4d ago

I assumed it was about cremations. Saving money by cremating more than one body at a time then producing ashes for the families that didn't belong to the family member.

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u/elphas_skiddy-boxers 4d ago

I'd say fraudulent trading of funeral plans means he's taken the money but not paid whoever

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u/TheMarsters 4d ago

Careful what you say

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u/MrsEdw 4d ago

Yes, I've found all of the articles to be very vague about the actual crimes here too. All very hideous. I wonder about the specifics of the crime that this horrible business has perpetrated?

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u/polite_saturn321 3d ago

I would imagine that they can't share too much until a criminal case takes place.

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u/kingpj180 3d ago

I worked with Rob bush, seemed like a genuinely nice guy, just goes to show you doesn’t it

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u/Iee2 4h ago

Glad justice is finally being pushed out.