UK - Two arrested, 34 bodies removed during investigation into funeral directors, Hull, 10 March 2024

[JustTryingToHelp]

Call for Legacy Funeral Home unidentified ashes to have 'special place' of rest

Call for 'special place' to lay unidentified ashes from Legacy Funeral Home

Loved ones affected by the Legacy investigation will be consulted

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

Unidentified ashes 'should have dedicated place of rest' amid scandal

Unidentified ashes 'should have dedicated place of rest' amid scandal

The investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors is ongoing

www.examinerlive.co.uk

 

[Silverlink]

Hull Legacy funeral home inquiry: About 200 people affected by 'fake funeral plans' - MP

MP Emma Hardy is appealing for banks to refund those who took out policies from a Hull funeral firm.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Silverlink]

Hull Legacy inquiry: Second funerals begin for identified bodies

Several families say DNA tests on their loved ones have confirmed their identities.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BreadnLumpit]

Both of the main professional bodies for the funeral profession in the UK have sent out general notices to all members, indicating that local councils across the country will be carrying out impromptu and unannounced inspections of funeral homes, with immediate effect.

Not specifically about Legacy per se, but certainly as a result of their appalling actions and hopefully it will both reassure people about funeral directors in general and pick up any others who are bad actors. A step in the right direction at least. My hope is that they start with the FDs who aren't members of the professional bodies (like Legacy) as at present those aren't being inspected by anyone.

 

[Silverlink]

Company to be dissolved, with substantial debts to the council which they were paying off in instalments before one of their staff reported them to the police on 6 March over the way they were storing bodies.

Legacy funeral firm to be dissolved over £40k unpaid debts

Legacy Independent Funeral Directors owed more than £40,000 in unpaid council fees, a court heard.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Silverlink]

Second funeral for Hull great-grandmother found in Legacy probe

A funeral is held for one of the 35 people found at a funeral home at the centre of a police probe.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Silverlink]

Funeral industry concern 'not limited' to Hull, says Government

Ministers write to all councils in light of the probe into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Skigh]

Britain's 'Wild West' funeral homes to be probed by police

Authorities are investigating businesses in London , Oxfordshire, Newcastle, Hampshire, East Yorkshire and Scotland over missing ashes and bodies left to rot.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Yellowbelly]

Britain's 'Wild West' funeral homes to be probed by police

Authorities are investigating businesses in London , Oxfordshire, Newcastle, Hampshire, East Yorkshire and Scotland over missing ashes and bodies left to rot.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Clearly, Legacy weren't the only funeral directors up to no good. Here's the rather similar sounding Scottish case.

BBC News - Funeral directors expelled over missing ashes probe

Funeral directors expelled from UK body over missing ashes probe

Officers searched A Milne Funerals Ltd's office in Springburn earlier this month and recovered 19 containers with ashes.

www.bbc.com

 

[Silverlink]

Humberside Police issue update in Legacy Funeral Directors investigation

The formal identification process of the deceased recovered from the Hessle Road site has now concluded

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

Legacy funeral home probe: Anger as charges yet to be brought

Police investigating Legacy Independent Funeral Directors have extended bail for two suspects.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[just_sum_young_guy]

Legacy Funeral Directors: 163 families contacted in new police update

Extensive work is underway to reunite ashes with the next-of-kin

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

"more than 700 families have been contacted to update them and offer support"

 

[Parker Knoll]

Jesus wept.

 

[Lucy6226]

This happening to one family is bad enough. It makes me so angry that this can happen multiple times, those poor families

 

[Yellowbelly]

More developments. A 54 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and the 46 year old man has now also been arrested on suspicion of theft and fraud.

Legacy Funeral Directors investigation: Third arrest made as police issue update

A 54-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

 

[Yellowbelly]

I think I know who the 54 year old woman is.

LEGACY INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

LEGACY INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

 

[Yellowbelly]

The woman originally arrested is no longer a subject.

Legacy Funeral Directors Investigation: Humberside Police issue new update

The force confirmed that the families of the deceased have been told of the new development

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

 

[Parker Knoll]

Interesting.

 

[Noseyjosie]

Hull funeral home inquiry: CPS to consider charges in Legacy case

Humberside Police says it conducted a "meticulous" investigation following the discovery of 35 bodies.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[just_sum_young_guy]

The curious tale of a drag queen, a suspected £1m fraud and rumours of a fake death

Why questions over a funeral service boss won't go away

aqyoung61.substack.com

 

[Yellowbelly]

The curious tale of a drag queen, a suspected £1m fraud and rumours of a fake death

Why questions over a funeral service boss won't go away

aqyoung61.substack.com

On page 7 of this thread, one of our fellow members here did some sleuthing and managed to get hold of Woolston's death certificate. He is certainly dead, and died of gall stone related sepsis in 2021.