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.
"You have no criminal record. All three offences were committed while your mind was disturbed while giving birth. In law, your responsibility was diminished."
"She knew she was pregnant. She knew what she did previously, she was lying about her actions and yet she proceeded in the same fashion," said Crown attorney Darren Maloney. "These are all aggravating factors that increase her moral blameworthiness."
The Crown is appealing her infanticide convictions. She was originally charged with second-degree murder.
In interviews with police, Borowiec admitted she heard the babies cry before she put them in trash bags and dropped them into garbage bins, but denied doing anything to hurt them before she disposed of them.
Court heard she didn't even look to see whether it was a boy or a girl before she wrapped her first-born infant in a towel and put it in a garbage bag.
Borowiec admitted to a similar scenario in 2009 when she again gave birth into a toilet in her apartment, wrapped the child in a towel and dropped it into the bathroom garbage before walking out to a Dumpster and disposing of it.
In a lengthy video interview with police after her arrest in November 2011, Borowiec said she heard a noise "like a kitten" after the birth of the first child and, the following year, was aware the second child was alive as well.
Borowiec also told police that she kept her pregnancies secret from co-workers by telling them her appearance was due to cysts on her uterus. She said her boyfriend was unaware that she was pregnant either before or after the births.
