AIBU to question why taxpayers should fund Ian Huntley’s cremation?

Yes I guess so. Not many are going to refuse to pay for their loved ones funeral (if they can.) Some people do have it sorted already of course. (Before they die.)

If everyone started refusing though, the system would have to change a bit. They'd probably start taking it out of peoples taxes, or adding it onto the council tax! 😬

Some posters on this thread would have made a good day out of public executions back in the day 🙄

How can they force somone to pay,
Im assuming most people would want to pay for a much loved parent etc
But what if you had been estranged for a long time why should it be your responsibility to pay for a relative you hadent seen for say 30 years?
And that body would still hsve to be disposed off in the interest of public health.

Do you understand that to debate something means putting forward actual reasoning?

Maybe you could put your pitchfork down for a moment and engage and consider questions others have asked?

If the deceased person has funds then the cost of their cremation and the other jobs done by the funeral directors have to come out of their estate, and the executor can be legally required to enable that to happen, but if there is no estate as all, then there is no legal way to force relatives to pay up.

Absolutely

Christ almighty there are some vile attitudes towards his mother on this thread.

Have some fucking compassion for tje poor woman.

When my exhusband was cremated the service was held at 9 am with only 4 people there. It was the cheapest option possible that still allowed his adult children to attend. My sons arrived very early and sat in the car waiting for their father's hearse to arrive. There were 3 funerals before their fathers, each followed the same pattern; a hearse arrived with 2 funeral people, the deceased was carried in on a trolley, the funeral directors left immediately, apparently a prayer was said over the coffin and it immediately went through to the back.The next hearse was waiting outside ready to go. No relatives, no service just a civilised processing of human remains. He will probably have that; no fuss, no press, no service. I belive he set fire to the girl's bodies and dumped them in a ditch. Many people might feel we should do the same to him. He was a monster. We must be better than that.

They would have to I suppose but that's not going to happen as most people have someone who will pay voluntarily.

Crematoria are cleaned after each use regardless.

Why didn’t you suggest his daughter pay, OP?

Same question to you.

Playing devil's advocate though, I know some cannot afford to pay for a relatives funeral and the council will pay them, but what if everyone decided they don't want to pay for their relatives funerals anymore? Surely the council wouldn't fund everyone's burial or (cremation?) What happens then?!

I have no issue with the authorities paying when the family can't afford it, (and of course I have heard of a pauper's funeral - horrible turn of phrase!) But what if someone REFUSES to pay? (Even if they can afford it?) Is the council meant to pay for everyone's then?

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Playing devil's advocate though, I know some cannot afford to pay for a relatives funeral and the council will pay them, but what if everyone decided they don't want to pay for their relatives funerals anymore? Surely the council wouldn't fund everyone's burial or (cremation?) What happens then?!

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About £1500, or it was 3 years ago when my FIL died

Have you never heard of a pauper‘a funeral?

Of course you can’t force people to pay for other people’s funerals.

Lots of stupid on tis thread. It's not evil, it's just a corpse that has to be disposed of hygienically. If the family can't or won't do it, then the state will.

Whay do you think happens to all sorts of awful people in prison when they die? They aren't chucked out in the gutter for the dogs.

Thank you. xx

It's awful to think she could get compensation, not necessarily, but possible and on top of that a free cremation.

You do realise that she’s not being cremated, right? And that she didn’t kill anyone?

Maybe if she throws herself on top of his cremation fire that would make you feel better?

Oh, can you? That's not something I've ever thought of or known of... I mean like, everyone I know has always paid for their relatives funerals, (or the deceased has had a funeral plan.) Although I am pretty sure that if someone can't afford it, the council pays (I think...?) What if someone just refuses to pay though? (Even if they can afford it.) I guess everyone has to have a burial or cremation, so the council would still have to do it/fund it?

Absolutely however abhorrent the crimes were ,and Heinous the prisoners are the prisoners service has a duty of care towards all prisoners .

If a person has no funds when they die there’s no responsibility on anyone else to fund the funeral other than the authorities. Lots of times families will choose to do this of course.

Really? What do you think happens - like there's a law forcing you to pay?

It doesn't cost that much for a direct cremation. We are all glad he's gone and he cost so much more in prison.

The little girls' families and his family are broken by his actions and I wouldn't wish them any more torment. Let's just get him gone and never speak his name again.

And so they should. Just because some one is doing time, that does not mean that they should not be kept safe, from such attacks. Their loss of liberty should be enough, it is in my eyes. The staff, and inmates, should be safe.

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You can refuse, is what I think they mean.