Corpse abuse inquiry makes urgent call for funeral regulation in England

Interim report finds little evidence of changes in response to case of necrophiliac killer David Fuller

Repeated failures to prevent dead people from being abused in funeral parlours and mortuaries highlight the urgent need for regulation of funeral services in England, an inquiry has found.

Sir Jonathan Michael is chairing the second phase of an inquiry into how the necrophiliac killer David Fuller was able to sexually abuse the bodies of scores of women and girls in hospital mortuaries.