‘She told me that she lost it’: Witness testifies during Andrea Giesbrecht trial

WINNIPEG — The trial for a Winnipeg woman accused of storing infant remains in a storage locker continued in court Tuesday. It started with more explosive testimony as Andrea Giesbrecht’s friend took the stand.

Lyn Burdett worked at the McPhillips Station Casino and said she would see Giesbrecht gambling daily, while the now 42-year-old played the poker game, Let It Ride.

They sparked a friendship and Burdett said Giesbrecht began dating another casino employee, Gerald Morrissey.

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She testified that the two had a sexual relationship for about five years.

“I knew she was pregnant with Gerald’s child,” Burdett said.

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During the cross examination by Giesbrecht’s defence attorney, Greg Brodsky asked, “but she didn’t say she was.”

Burdett immediately answered, “yes she did.”

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She said Giesbrecht told her Morrissey was the father and eventually “she told me that she lost it.”

Burdett said she saw Giesbrecht pregnant at least twice, once in 2005 and again in 2009.

“She would wear baggy sweat clothes or a blue rain jacket or a black down filled jacket,” Burdett said.

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“It would be hot in there, in the casino, and she wouldn’t take her jacket off.”

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Burdett called police after Giesbrecht was arrested in 2014 and charged with concealing the bodies of six dead infants. She told officers she had information she thought they needed to know.

Another witness took the stand Tuesday. Giesbrecht’s maid of honour, Heather MacQuarrie, said her and Giesbrecht have been friends since they were teenagers. She said she only found out Giestbrecht was pregnant with her eldest son (who cannot be named due to a publication ban) the day after he was born. She said when she found out about the baby she was “very” surprised and thought maybe Giesbrecht was scared.

“I didn’t know she was pregnant,” said MacQuarrie. “I remember I asked her why she didn’t tell me and she said she thought she had more time.”

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MacQuarrie said the their friendship ended in 2010 and the two only recently spoke again a few times. When Crown attorney Sharyl Thomas questioned her about why she never asked her about the incident from 2014 MacQuarrie said, “I didn’t want to talk about anything other then the past… it was uncomfortable talking about it.”

The witness also said she never knew about a pregnancy or the alleged relationship with Morrissey at the time.

Jeremy Giesbrecht, Andrea’s husband, is expected to testify on Wednesday before trial takes another  month long hiatus.