Ex “Riverdale” actor and convicted killer Ryan Grantham fears his child face and diminutive determine will make him a goal of abuse from different prisoners, his lawyer stated Wednesday.
Grantham, 24, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide for fatally capturing his mom Barbara Waite and was sentenced to life in jail with the opportunity of parole after 14 years.
The Canadian actor is prone to be positioned in a maximum-security jail with different murderers — the place he fears for his security, his lawyer Chris Johnson informed Fox Information.
“When folks plead responsible to against the law, it doesn’t imply they’re saying, ‘Certain, I’ll be raped and abused by different prisoners.’ That’s not a part of the deal,” Johnson informed the outlet.
The Vancouver-based felony protection lawyer stated his consumer may very well be at greater threat in a maximum-safety jail — a difficulty that was first raised by the choose who presided over Grantham’s case, he stated.
Justice Kathleen Ker requested that corrections officers jail Grantham inside a medium-security jail, reasonably than a maximum-security jail the place most convicted murders are despatched, in accordance with Johnson.
The previous baby actor, additionally recognized for his position within the “Diary of a Wimpy Child” movie, “appears like a 17-year-old,” his lawyer stated.
Grantham is simply 5’2″ tall and weighs about 100 kilos, he added.
“My largest concern is that he shall be preyed upon by different prisoners and maybe abused by them,” Johnson stated. “We ship folks to jail to be each punished and rehabilitated. And so I’m hopeful that the latter can happen. We don’t ship folks to jail to allow them to be punished by different prisoners.”
Correction officers in Canada have jurisdiction over the place an individual convicted of against the law and sentenced to jail serves time, reasonably than the court docket, in accordance with the lawyer.
Johnson informed Fox Information he plans to ship a request to the director of prisons so as to request Grantham be despatched to a decrease safety jail this week.
The actor-turned-killer pleaded responsible to capturing his 64-year-old mom behind the pinnacle whereas she performed piano within the household residence on March 31, 2020.
Grantham additionally confessed that he had deliberate to assassinate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The day after killing his mom, he loaded a automotive up with three weapons, 12 Molotov cocktails, and ammunition and started driving to Trudeau’s residence.
He dropped that plan after a couple of hours and regarded capturing up Simon Fraser College, the place he was a pupil — however in the end drove to a police station and turned himself in for his mom’s homicide.
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