A funeral director who took babies’ bodies home with her has defended her actions, saying she read them stories and made sure they were ‘never alone’.

Amie Upton, 38, has been criticised by bereaved mums who were shocked to see their babies in her living room while awaiting burial.

One, Zoe Ward, 32, said she screamed down the phone to her mum after being traumatised by the sight of her baby son Bleu sitting ‘in front of the TV watching cartoons’.

Another claimed her stillborn baby ‘deteriorated’ because she hadn’t been placed in a cold cot to keep her temperature down.

Ms Upton set up her funeral service, Florrie’s Army, after losing her own unborn baby.

Speaking through tears, she said she ‘just wanted to help’ bereaved families.

She told The Mirror: ‘I know here the babies were ne

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