Andrea Giesbrecht set for bail hearing Wednesday

WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman convicted of concealing the remains of six dead infants is expected to ask to be released on bail while she awaits an appeal.

READ MORE: Andrea Giesbrecht, convicted of concealing dead infants, wants bail during appeal

Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison last July for concealing the remains in a U-Haul storage locker.

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The infant remains, which medical experts said were at or near full-term, were found by employees after Giesbrecht failed to keep up with her payments.

Her lawyer, Greg Brodsky, has said Giesbrecht was saving the bodies in plastic bags and containers, not disposing of them.

READ MORE: Andrea Giesbrecht sentenced to 8.5 years for concealing remains of 6 dead infants in storage locker

Giesbrecht, who is to appear in court later today, never testified and the trial never heard a motive for her actions.

Provincial court Judge Murray Thompson called her moral culpability extreme and ruled the sentence needed to be strong enough to denounce her behavior.

(The Canadian Press)