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Mum's anger after funeral director keeps baby's body at home
Amie Upton was banned after families reported infant bodies stored at her home with inadequate temperature control, highlighting the lack of mandatory funeral industry regulations in England and Wales.
- Earlier this year, media investigations focused scrutiny on Amie Upton, 38, funeral director and founder of Florrie's Army, following concerns about her handling of infant remains in Leeds, UK.
- The funeral sector's lack of mandatory rules has left gaps exposed, as the funeral industry in England and Wales has no legal requirements or qualifications, according to a government inquiry earlier this year urging statutory regulation to prevent unregulated home operations.
- Zoe Ward, 32, bereaved mother, recounted finding her son Bleu after his 2021 death and said the experience left her upset and 'screaming'.
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says it strengthened safeguards since 2021, implementing extra mortuary steps and monitoring visits, while West Yorkshire Police found no criminal offences after investigating two reports.
- Consumer groups renewed demands for mandatory licensing and inspections as the Competition and Markets Authority 2023 report found rising funeral costs; Scotland's March statutory code and bereaved families highlight need for England reform.
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British families were horrified when they discovered a macabre staging involving their dead baby at their funeral director.
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It seems out of a horror movie, but it is the dramatic scenario that Zoe Ward found at the home of the one responsible for organizing the burial of her baby, who died at three weeks of age. When the woman arrived at the home of the funeral director in the English town of Leeds, she found her sitting on the sofa next to the corpse her little , Bleu, and that of another newborn 'watching' cartoons on television. Far from being frightened, the fune…
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