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Karissa Grandine was excited about welcoming her first child into the world and had a doctor’s appointment in a few days to find out the baby’s sex.

But she would never make it.

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The pregnant 29-year-old drowned in her Scarborough bathtub on Oct. 17, 2011. Now more than seven years later, her husband Philip Grandine is back on trial charged with her death.

Grandine, 32, has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Faye McWatt told jurors this is a retrial but they are not to speculate about why.

In her opening statement, Crown attorney Donna Kellway painted a portrait of an unhappy marriage: Grandine was a pastor at the Ennerdale Baptist Church until he was forced to resign after the discovery of his affair with parishioner Eileen Florentino.

An affair that continued even after he promised to engage in marriage counselling, the Crown said. And even after Karissa’s death.