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Corpse Mishandling

Detectives believe they have identified all 35 bodies recovered at a funeral directors in Hull, which is at the centre of a police investigation.

The force said it was also working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) on the investigation "including establishing if what has been respectfully recovered, are in fact human ashes".

Officers cordoned off three Legacy Independent Funeral Directors sites after the force received a report on 6 March of concerns "in relation to the storage and management and processes of the deceased people within those premises".

Hull funeral directors inquiry: All bodies thought to have been identified https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68580615

Edit. An MP is leading calls for the funeral industry to be regulated after 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes were removed from a Hull company.

Emma Hardy, MP for Hull West and Hessle, said the industry had "no licensing or inspections in place".

In a social media post, Ms Hardy said: "Having spoken to government ministers, I am now calling for the process of bringing all funeral directors under a regulatory system to begin without delay, starting with a consultation.

The Ministry of Justice said it was reviewing funeral sector regulation.

Hull funeral directors inquiry: Calls for funeral regulation and licensing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68564030.
 
Detectives believe they have identified all 35 bodies recovered at a funeral directors in Hull, which is at the centre of a police investigation.

The force said it was also working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) on the investigation "including establishing if what has been respectfully recovered, are in fact human ashes".

Officers cordoned off three Legacy Independent Funeral Directors sites after the force received a report on 6 March of concerns "in relation to the storage and management and processes of the deceased people within those premises".

Hull funeral directors inquiry: All bodies thought to have been identified https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68580615

Edit. An MP is leading calls for the funeral industry to be regulated after 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes were removed from a Hull company.

Emma Hardy, MP for Hull West and Hessle, said the industry had "no licensing or inspections in place".

In a social media post, Ms Hardy said: "Having spoken to government ministers, I am now calling for the process of bringing all funeral directors under a regulatory system to begin without delay, starting with a consultation.

The Ministry of Justice said it was reviewing funeral sector regulation.

Hull funeral directors inquiry: Calls for funeral regulation and licensing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-68564030.
I understand what these people have been charged with and why it is a crime. What I don't get, and I may be a bit thick about this, is the why? Is it simply a case of taking the money and then not having the bodies cremated or is it something else?
 
I understand what these people have been charged with and why it is a crime. What I don't get, and I may be a bit thick about this, is the why? Is it simply a case of taking the money and then not having the bodies cremated or is it something else?
I don’t understand what the actual crime is. It seems they are checking the cremated remains to ensure they are all human?
I can’t get my head around it … though that is nothing unusual these days
 
I don’t understand what the actual crime is. It seems they are checking the cremated remains to ensure they are all human?
I can’t get my head around it … though that is nothing unusual these days
That's now confused me even more. It seems to be how the modern day media and police report some of these 'events'. We get what to me is simply half a story.
 
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