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Detective Superintendent Alan Curtis from Humberside Police says there is "no sentence" that can be given to Hull funeral director Robert Bush, who has been jailed for 20 years, "that can undo the hurt that has been caused". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Today the largest, most complex and emotionally distressing investigation Humberside Police
00:05has ever dealt with has concluded and Robert Bush has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
00:11The distress and heartbreak this case has caused for families is simply unimaginable
00:16and even after working on the case rigorously for the past two and a half years, the sheer
00:21impact that has had on the whole community and further afield remains unprecedented.
00:26The investigation has been extraordinary in terms of complexity, scale and public impact
00:33which has extended far beyond the evidential process.
00:36For the victims and their families, it has been a period marked by profound grief, distress
00:41and uncertainty with many seeking answers while coming to terms with circumstances which have
00:47fundamentally affected their lives.
00:50Behind every inquiry and every item of evidence was a person who had died, a family who had
00:56lost a loved one, all of whom were seeking answers and where possible some measure of
01:01resolution.
01:02There is absolutely no sentence that can be given to Robert Bush that will undo the hurt that
01:07has been caused.
01:08Australia and its less of a publicourse.
01:08is but harassment could not be tele excess, whereas it becomes convenient for the approach
01:08to whether it should be done by professionallyå¹²ailed and a delivery of events. But
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