Elkin & Bell / The Gosport Funeral Home Scanda

In England, anyone can become a funeral director. No licence, no qualifications required.

This is the story of how that gap was exploited. On December 10th, 2023, bailiffs entered a repossessed funeral home in Gosport, Hampshire, and discovered something that would prompt a year-long police investigation, a landmark criminal trial, and renewed calls for long-overdue industry regulation…

 

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