The funeral director said the baby’s ashes were animal remains.

Ness suffered a miscarriage shortly before her 12-week scan on April 20, 2021.

She told how she honored the ashes for three years.

“They sit on my shelf next to the baby scanner,” Ness said.

Chris Paxton Casey, prosecuting, said: “The ashes given to Lucy cannot be her son’s.”

The attorney did not disclose the origin of the animals.

Ness was open to the BBC but police told him the ashes were animal remains.

Her hatred of Bush was palpable.

She said, “How could a caring person do this to my family?”

She and her partner Callum Ellerby were told their son had been cremated on 10 May 2021.

“We didn’t know the gender,” Ness said. We didn’t know the gender.

The day after the cremation, Bush received a call from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors asking her to collect the ashes; And she did.

Ness recalled.

When Humberside Police announced they would be investigating Legacy in March 2024, Ness called a helpline set up for anyone concerned.

Hailu meets her and explains that the ashes in her house cannot be her son’s.

They explained to Ness that the officers checked records on the body and found Bush collecting the baby’s ashes on May 13 – two days after Ness and Ellerbee arrived.

She said, “I felt so down and out. It definitely affected my mental health.”