Bush was the only person charged in relation to the Legacy investigation.
One victim’s family says Bush operated behind a veneer of respectability.
“He genuinely seemed like a lovely guy. He seemed sad for us. Sympathetic.
“He was a good actor.”
Emma Hardy MP, who represents many of the victims in the constituency of Hull West and Haltemprice, describes Bush as a “complete conman” who “made out that he cared”.
“Anyone who treats people in that way is utterly without compassion,” she adds. “He’s a completely selfish individual who was thinking about his business, his money [while] disregarding human life.”
Hardy says she does not accept the excuse that Bush was struggling financially, pointing out that he had a “large house” and enough money for holidays “while knowing all the time he was enjoying himself that he had left 35 human bodies in his funeral parlour”.
The Legacy case has led to calls for the funeral industry to be regulated. Currently, it is not.
According to Hardy, there are more checks and regulations to set up a sandwich shop.
“You can set up tomorrow as a funeral director. Pop your name on the front of the shop and off you go. And nobody comes to look at anything.”
Bush, formerly of East Yorkshire and now living in West Yorkshire, was granted conditional bail until he is sentenced on 27 July.