A funeral director has appeared in court to face 65 charges spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises.

Robert Bush, 47, appeared at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday to face 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial plus a range of other charges relating to bodies found at one of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors' sites in Hull.

Bush stood in the glass fronted dock and spoke only to confirm his name and personal details.

No pleas were entered.

The bearded defendant, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, but now of Otley, West Yorkshire, wore a grey three-piece suit with a white shirt and a patterned tie for the 15-minute hearing, and was flanked in the dock by one security officer.

As well as the counts of preventing the lawful and

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