Canada: Calgary woman who left three of her infants in a dumpster, killing two, sentenced to 18 months jail

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'Meredith Borowiec has given birth to four children.

The first was born in a panic and left in a dumpster next to her Calgary home. A second baby a year later was similarly discarded; neither body was ever found.

Her third child was born in October, 2010. Borowiec, again, hid the child in the trash. But this time, the infant was rescued after its cries were overheard by a man named Ian Turnbull — Borowiec’s long-time boyfriend and the baby’s father. He had been unaware of her pregnancy.

On Wednesday, Borowiec was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The judge condemned her actions, but resisted a prosecution recommendation that she be sentenced to as many as 12 years.

“This is a terrible case,” Judge Peter McIntyre told Borowiec. “You’ve shocked the community and you’ve shamed yourself. I have to remind myself to be dispassionate about this case.”'