Close X
Saturday, January 25, 2025
ADVT 
National

Winnipeg Woman Accused In Infant Remains Case Had At Least 10 Legal Abortions

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Apr, 2016 11:59 AM
    WINNIPEG — The lawyer for a Winnipeg woman accused of hiding the remains of six dead infants in a storage locker says she had least ten legal abortions.
     
    Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky told court Andrea Giesbrecht had the abortions over a 17-year period from 1994 to 2011.
     
    He says she had two in 2009.
     
    Giesbrecht, who is 42, is charged with concealment after infant remains were found inside a storage locker she was renting in October 2014.
     
     
    No one has been able to say how long the remains may have been there or how they got there and it's unclear how the information about the abortions relates to the remains.
     
    Prosecutors filed medical records for Giesbrecht as evidence and also filed medical records that say Giesbrecht’s husband had a vasectomy in 2011.
     
    A DNA expert is expected to testify this afternoon.
     
    A police officer told court on Tuesday that the locker contained two plastic tote containers and three pails, each containing human remains in different stages of decomposition.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Manitoba University Admits Mistake Asking Alleged Sex Victim To Sign Contract

    Manitoba University Admits Mistake Asking Alleged Sex Victim To Sign Contract
      Gervan Fearon, president of Brandon University, told a news conference Tuesday that the female student signed the contract in September 2015.

    Manitoba University Admits Mistake Asking Alleged Sex Victim To Sign Contract

    Canada Well-positioned For Any Chinese Volatility Despite Deepening Ties: BoC

    Canada Well-positioned For Any Chinese Volatility Despite Deepening Ties: BoC
    The Bank of Canada says the economy is well-positioned to ride out any economic shocks from China — even though the Asian country has become Canada's second-biggest trading partner.

    Canada Well-positioned For Any Chinese Volatility Despite Deepening Ties: BoC

    Justin Trudeau Shrugs Off Law Firm's Private Fundraiser Featuring Attorney General

    Justin Trudeau Shrugs Off Law Firm's Private Fundraiser Featuring Attorney General
    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dismissing concerns over his attorney general attending a private Liberal party fundraiser this week hosted by a Bay Street law firm that's registered to lobby her.

    Justin Trudeau Shrugs Off Law Firm's Private Fundraiser Featuring Attorney General

    Ontario Firm Gets Contract To Develop Device For Mining On Moon And Mars

    Ontario Firm Gets Contract To Develop Device For Mining On Moon And Mars
    CAPREOL, Ont. — A northern Ontario company is being awarded a Canadian Space Agency contract to work on a multi-purpose device that's designed for future mining on the moon and Mars.

    Ontario Firm Gets Contract To Develop Device For Mining On Moon And Mars

    Saskatchewan's Brad Wall Says He Is Open To Broader Carbon Price In Future

    Saskatchewan's Brad Wall Says He Is Open To Broader Carbon Price In Future
    REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he is open to a broader price on carbon in the future, but now is not the time for a new tax.

    Saskatchewan's Brad Wall Says He Is Open To Broader Carbon Price In Future

    Military Report Into Sergeant's Avalanche Death Recommends More Training, Gear

    Military Report Into Sergeant's Avalanche Death Recommends More Training, Gear
    Sgt. Mark Salesse, 44, was swept off a narrow mountain ledge by an avalanche on Feb. 5, 2015, in Banff National Park.

    Military Report Into Sergeant's Avalanche Death Recommends More Training, Gear