<p>It takes a low person to scam grieving families when they are at their most vulnerable, and there is one man who has done just that, time and time again. </p><br><p>This episode looks at the crimes of Mark Kerbey, also known as Richard Sage, who has committed crimes and served a series of prison sentences for scamming, stealing and traumatising people accessing his funeral services across England and Scotland.</p><br><p>We also hear from Ross Hickton, the managing director of Hickton Family Funeral Directors and the current CEO of SAIF - The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors, who is setting standards across the funeral industry and helping the government with the upcoming regulation. </p><br><p>This is Grave Concerns. </p><br><p>If you'd like to support the show, please see the link to my Patreon here, thank you:</p><p>https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast</p><br><p>To find out more about SAIF and view their members directory, please see here:</p><p>https://saif.org.uk/</p><br><p>If you need support, please see the organisations below who can help you:</p><br><p>England and Wales - https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/</p><br><p>Scotland - https://victimsupport.scot/</p><br><p>Ireland - https://www.crimevictimshelpline.ie/</p><br><p>Northern Ireland - https://www.victimsupportni.com/</p><br><p>Australia - https://victimsservices.justice.nsw.gov.au/</p><br><p>New Zealand - https://www.victimsupport.org.nz/</p><br><p>America - https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services</p><br><p>Canada - https://www.canada.ca/en/office-federal-ombudsperson-victims-crime/services-services.html</p><br><p>Baby Loss Support - https://www.sands.org.uk/</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>