32 Facts About Brett Gardiner

Brett Gardiner was born on 19 June 1984 and is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster serving a life sentence for his role in the Shedden massacre of 2006.

Brett Gardiner had moved to Winnipeg, where he was recruited into the Winnipeg chapter of the Bandidos by Dwight "Big Dee" Mushey.

Brett Gardiner lived as a boarder in Mushey's house along with Marcello "Fat Ass" Aravena.

Brett Gardiner was one of those chosen to go to Kellestine's farm.

Brett Gardiner did not have a reputation for violence, but was known as someone who would do anything to advance Sandham's plans, which was why Sandham had chosen him to go with him to Kellestine's farm.

Brett Gardiner had to bring Kellestine water, cooked his meals, washed his dishes and chopped his wood.

Brett Gardiner was a man of very limited intelligence, whom Kellestine in a joke had once asked to supply him with pickles from a "pickle tree" growing on his farm, which led him to spend hours looking for the elusive "pickle tree" before telling Kellestine that he could not find it.

Finally, Kellestine broke out laughing, telling Brett Gardiner that pickles were vegetables, not fruits and the assignment was a joke to prove to the others just how low his intelligence really was.

Brett Gardiner's poem with his claim that he was a "prospect" was to be crucial evidence against him at his trial in 2009.

Brett Gardiner cleaned the guns from Kellestine's gun cache with a wire brush.

Brett Gardiner had no gun, but he had a phone right next to him as he listened to the police scanners.

Edwards noted that Brett Gardiner could have called the police anytime he wanted to stop the massacre and never did.

Brett Gardiner was present when the last of the "no-surrender crew", Jamie Flanz, was killed.

Brett Gardiner removed the children's toys from a Pontiac Grand Prix that belonged to Michael "Little Mikey" Trotta to make room for Flanz and watched as Flanz sat down in the car.

Brett Gardiner chose not to return to Winnipeg and instead decided to stay with Kellestine despite his desire to return to Winnipeg to see his girlfriend.

Brett Gardiner was arrested on the night of 8 April 2006 at Kellestine's farmhouse and charged with first-degree murder.

Brett Gardiner's mother phoned him on 18 June 2006 to urge him to turn Crown's evidence, saying that testifying against the others was his best chance of receiving a lesser sentence given that he was facing charges of first-degree murder.

Brett Gardiner stated she had spoken with the Crown Attorney handling the case, and he was open to a plea bargain with Gardiner out of the account of his age and that he had not killed anyone.

Brett Gardiner rejected his mother's advice, saying he would be loyal to his biker "brothers" and that "The only thing I'm going to say is 'here's my lawyers' number'" if an offer to turn Crown's evidence was made to him.

Brett Gardiner appeared to be very upset when Sims told him that she was the crime correspondent with no editorial authority over the comic section of The London Free Press.

Brett Gardiner was embarrassed by the "pickle tree" story recounted by Hicks, but recovered his composure as Hicks went over to the table to talk to his client.

Brett Gardiner seemed to have understood that Hicks was using the "stupidity defense" as his main argument as he contended that his client was not intelligent enough to be held responsible for his actions.

When Sandham testified at the trial starting on 9 September 2009 and cast himself as the victim, portraying all of the others as bloodthirsty psychopaths with himself as an alleged heroic "undercover" policeman out to stop the Bandidos, Brett Gardiner seemed extremely depressed.

Brett Gardiner had been loyal to Sandham and seemed very upset to learn that Sandham was not loyal to him in turn.

At one point, Hicks claimed his client was not even a member of the Bandidos, which led the Crown to introduce as evidence the poem Brett Gardiner had written for his girlfriend at the time, Love Not Lost, that was signed in his handwriting "Prospect Bandido Bull Manitoba".

Brett Gardiner often joined with Mushey in laughter as Kellestine raged at Mushey for making him appear as a fool in the courtroom.

From his seat in the courtroom, Brett Gardiner appeared to be humiliated by this defense.

Shortly before the trial ended, Brett Gardiner fired Hicks as his lawyer on 21 October 2009.

Mushey fired his lawyer, Michael Moon, on the same day and time, which led to speculation that Brett Gardiner was following Mushey's lead.

Gowdey further noted Brett Gardiner had been assigned to clean the guns, which proved he was aware of what was being planned, and during the massacre, he had a telephone right next to him as the victims were shot while making no effort to contact the police.

Gowdey concluded by arguing to the jury that Brett Gardiner was just much guilty of first-degree murder as all of the others on the basis of his actions.

Brett Gardiner is currently serving his sentence with no chance of parole at Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba.