David Fuller Inquiry Warns Repeat Crimes

An inquiry into the crimes of necrophiliac killer David Fuller has concluded that similar mortuary abuses could be repeated due to significant gaps in regulation and oversight in England. Sir Jonathan Cran, chairman of the inquiry, published the final report, which found that current arrangements for the care of people after death are 'partial, ineffective and in significant areas completely absent'. David Fuller, a maintenance worker, sexually abused the bodies of over 100 deceased women and girls at Kent and Sussex Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital, both under Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, between 2005 and 2020. The inquiry's first phase in November 2023 revealed 'serious failings' at these hospitals, allowing Fuller to offend for 15 years unnoticed. Sir Jonathan Cran has called for the United Kingdom government to introduce statutory regulations to protect the security and dignity of deceased people, emphasizing that weaknesses are not confined to the hospitals where David Fuller worked but are present 'across the country', including the funeral industry.