{"id":713415,"date":"2026-07-27T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:45:16","slug":"robert-bush-funeral-boss-who-didnt-bury-bodies-betrayed-grieving-families-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713415\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Bush: Funeral boss who didn&#8217;t bury bodies betrayed grieving families, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bush has &#8216;left me broken&#8217;, says daughter of victimpublished at 10:29 BST<\/p>\n<p>10:29 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dbed4ceb-f9c5-4776-bc22-924b65e7ba23.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Linsey Smith<br \/>Reporting from Hull Crown Court<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman wearing a turquoise vest and a gold chain around her neck stands on a pavement in front of a road junction facing a court building. She has blonde hair tied back and black-rimmed glasses. Behind her, grand stone buildings can be seen on the opposite side of the road, while two buses are waiting at the junction.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/354c6307-ebd4-436f-9c8d-510b09c0f7ec.jpg.webp\"  width=\"5666\" height=\"3187\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The body of Peter Moody, 65, was found by police alongside 34 others and more than 100 sets of ashes at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull in March 2024. One of the bodies had been there for a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His daughter Joanne Moody, 48, who is expected to join other families wronged by Robert Bush in the court&#8217;s public gallery, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s broke me, it&#8217;s crucified me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Moody said she could now &#8220;start remembering dad as he was, not thinking about Bush walking the streets&#8221;, adding that she would &#8220;sleep easier&#8221; knowing the former funeral director would pay for his crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a pivotal point in our recovery knowing that justice is being done,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She described her father as a &#8220;dedicated&#8221; family man who enjoyed fishing, Hull FC and spending time with his grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bush has &#8216;left me broken&#8217;, says daughter of victimpublished at 10:29 BST 10:29 BST Linsey SmithReporting from Hull&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-713415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}