Ex-‘Riverdale’ actor Ryan Grantham sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mom

Former “Riverdale” actor Ryan Grantham was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole for the primary 14 years, after he admitted to murdering his mom — and in addition plotting to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Grantham, 24, realized his destiny at British Columbia Supreme Courtroom in Vancouver on Wednesday, greater than six months after he pleaded responsible to a second-degree homicide cost for the March 2020 killing of his mom, Barbara Waite, 64, whom he shot at the back of the pinnacle as she performed the piano.

In delivering the sentence, Justice Kathleen Ker described the case as tragic, heartbreaking and “life-shattering,” reported CBC.ca.

Prosecutors stated at a listening to in June that after he fatally shot his mom on March 31, 2020, on the household’s house in Squamish, British Columbia, he recorded video with a GoPro digital camera, through which he confessed to the killing and confirmed Waite’s lifeless physique.

“I shot her at the back of the pinnacle. Within the moments after, she would have identified it was me,” Grantham stated within the recording.

Barbara Waite, 64, was taking part in the piano on March 31, 2020, when prosecutors stated Grantham shot her at the back of the pinnacle, after which made a video along with her physique.

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The actor then purchased beer and weed, experimented with making Molotov cocktails and watched Netflix, earlier than protecting his mom’s physique with a sheet and going to mattress, in keeping with his assertion to the police.

The next day, Grantham stated, he hung a rosary on his mom’s piano and organized lit candles round her physique, earlier than loading his automobile with three weapons, ammunition, 12 Molotov cocktails, tenting gear and instructions to Rideau Cottage, the place Trudeau lives in Ottawa.

Grantham later confessed to detectives about his plan to kill the prime minister, and he additionally wrote about it in his journal.

He drove for a number of hours towards Trudeau’s residence, earlier than turning round with ideas of committing a mass capturing on the Lions Gate Bridge, or at Simon Fraser College, the place he was a pupil.

As an alternative, Grantham drove to the Vancouver Police Division and turned himself in, telling an officer, “I killed my mom.”

Grantham reportedly wrote in his journal about desirous to kill PM Justin Trudeau, and he even drove towards his residence with weapons and Molotov cocktails.

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Through the sentencing, Ker referred to as it a “saving grace” that Grantham had sufficient attachment to actuality and comprehension to not commit an act of mass homicide.

She famous that within the months main as much as his mom’s killing, Grantham was in a downward spiral, which noticed him smoking weed and watching violent movies on the darkish internet whereas being affected by ideas of suicide and homicidal ideations.

Ker additionally stated Grantham appeared really remorseful. In June, he apologized for his actions, saying his mom didn't deserve what he did to her.

Grantham is greatest identified for taking part in Jeffrey Augustine on the CW present “Riverdale.” His different appearing credit embrace the TV present “Supernatural” and the movies “Diary of a Wimpy Child” and “The Imaginarium of Physician Parnassus.”