Close X
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
ADVT 
National

Winnipeg Woman Convicted Of Storing Remains Of Six Infants Back In Court In July

The Canadian Press, 20 Apr, 2017 01:05 PM
    WINNIPEG — A woman convicted of concealing the bodies of six infants in a Winnipeg storage locker is to be in court July 7 for a sentencing hearing.
     
    Andrea Giesbrecht was found guilty in February of hiding the remains of six infants, who were at or near full term, inside a U-haul storage unit she had rented.
     
    Provincial court Judge Murray Thompson has also agreed to a media request to live-stream his decision on sentencing.
     
    Medical experts testified the infants were Giesbrecht's and were likely to have been born alive, but because they were badly decomposed it could not be determine how the infants died.
     
    Giesbrecht was arrested in October 2014 after she defaulted on paying rent for the storage locker.
     
    Staff, who were to auction off the locker's contents, opened a plastic bin, noticed a strange smell and called police.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Police Watchdog Clears Officer In Fatal 2015 Shooting In Burnaby, B.C.

    Police Watchdog Clears Officer In Fatal 2015 Shooting In Burnaby, B.C.
    The report says the man was wielding a knife, advancing at police and not responding to officers' commands

    Police Watchdog Clears Officer In Fatal 2015 Shooting In Burnaby, B.C.

    Punjab Vigilance To Probe Rs 31,000 Crore Foodgrain Scam

    The Punjab Vigilance Bureau will conduct a thorough probe into the Rs 31,000 crore foodgrain scam in the state, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday.

    Punjab Vigilance To Probe Rs 31,000 Crore Foodgrain Scam

    Chummy East Vancouver Crow Faces Lengthy Recovery After Suspected Beating

    Chummy East Vancouver Crow Faces Lengthy Recovery After Suspected Beating
    VANCOUVER — The east Vancouver crow that is celebrated for his gregarious antics will remain in a bird hospital for at least another week after his caretaker says the bird was attacked. 

    Chummy East Vancouver Crow Faces Lengthy Recovery After Suspected Beating

    Former Asylum Seeker Steadfast About Clearing His Name Looks To Supreme Court

    Former Asylum Seeker Steadfast About Clearing His Name Looks To Supreme Court
    Writing for a three-judge panel, Justice Mark Noel of the Federal Appeal Court scuttled Jose Figueroa's most recent court bid to receive a certificate from Canada's minister of foreign affairs declaring that the man is not a terrorist.

    Former Asylum Seeker Steadfast About Clearing His Name Looks To Supreme Court

    Manitoba Reducing Ambulance Fees To $425, Still Among Highest In Canada

    Manitoba Reducing Ambulance Fees To $425, Still Among Highest In Canada
    Health Minister Kelvin Goertzen says ambulance fees will go down to $425 or the base fee charged by the service provider if it is lower.

    Manitoba Reducing Ambulance Fees To $425, Still Among Highest In Canada

    Brain And Arm Implants Help Paralyzed US Man Feed Himself

    Brain And Arm Implants Help Paralyzed US Man Feed Himself
    LONDON — A paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in eight years, after doctors implanted sensors in his brain that sent signals to his arm.

    Brain And Arm Implants Help Paralyzed US Man Feed Himself