WINNIPEG – Andrea Giesbrecht walked out of the Women’s Correctional Centre in Headingley late Friday afternoon, a free woman after a judge granted her bail.
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“She’s got a supportive environment to live and she won’t be in jail,” said her lawyer, Greg Brodsky outside court.
The 41-year old mother of two teenage boys, described as a soccer mom, is charged with concealing the bodies of six babies, along with a string of fraud charges stemming from a gambling addition.
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A publication ban prevents the release of details from Friday’s bail hearing which had been postponed several times by the crown.
The judge ordered Giesbrecht to stay in a supervised facility and must follow strict conditions including a curfew, avoid any gambling establishments and if she becomes pregnant she must notify her supervisor.
“She’s going to be attending gambling anonymous, she’s going to be attending counselling as directed by supervisors that are with her,” said Brodsky.
Last October, staff at this U-Haul storage facility on McPhillips Street opened up a storage locker, after Giesbrecht fell behind on payments.
In the police search warrant, officers document that staff called 911 when they discovered the remains stored in pails and rubbermaid containers.
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“He had found ‘squishy’ items inside garbage bags which were inside duffle bags” read the court document, “the items were ‘very smelly’ and he thought they might be a body.”
At earlier hearings Brodsky has claimed there was no evidence to determine if the babies were stillborn, or who the parents were but says there was no foul play.
“These remains were more than 10 years old,” said Brodsky.
Giesbrecht will be back in court in July on fraud charges and a trial date has been set for next April for the concealing charges.
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