20 October 2025
Last
week, Jasmine Beverley gave an emotional but powerful interview on the BBC news
bulletin. She had given birth prematurely to her still born son, Sunny, in May 2022. After
the funeral which she described as ‘beautiful’, she was given his ashes.
Two
years later, they discovered that the ashes which they had been given by the
undertaker were not Sunny’s. Furthermore, the police discovered their son’s
body at the funeral home. The undertaker, Robert Bush, had not cremated them.
He
appeared at Hull Crown Court after an investigation into human remains found on
his premises along with Sunny’s. He had pleaded guilty to thirty-five counts of
fraud by false representation one of which related to Jasmine. He denies other
charges and will face trial next year.
In
her interview, Jasmine reflected on the undertaker’s actions. ‘I am trying to
forgive him,’ she said, ‘but I am finding it hard. There must be some reason
why he did this.’ Amazingly, she has taken a step out of herself and her own
grief to stand in the undertaker’s shoes
to try and understand his actions.
In
addition, Jasmine movingly talked about the urn of ashes which she was led to
believe were her still born son’s. She
confessed that she had polished the urn daily
adding, ‘Whoever was in there was loved like they were my own baby.’
This
could only be a consolation to the family of the one whose ashes had been
misdirected. It was a thoughtful way of trying to harvest something good out of
a painful experience. Even in her grief, Jasmine had found the strength to
think about the undertaker and to bless the other family with her love.
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