Ryan Grantham was heard in court this week and could be sentenced to life in prison
The actor Ryan Granthamknown for the series riverdale, he killed his mother and planned to assassinate the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. According to information from CBC News, he is on trial in the British Columbia Supreme Court in the Canadian city of Courtenay after confessing to the crimes and could be sentenced to life in prison.
The information was revealed on the first day of the actor’s sentencing hearing this week. According to prosecutors in the case, the actor killed her mother, Barbara Waite, on March 31, 2020, by shooting her in the head while she was lying on her back and playing the piano.
After the crime, the actor confessed that he went mad after his mother was murdered, wrote in his diary, recorded a video next to the body, went out to get money, returned home, tested the construction of Molotov cocktails and watched TV for two and a half hours.
Then he covered his mother’s body with a sheet and fell asleep. The next day, she placed candles around her body and went on with her next plan: to kill Justin Trudeau.
Three guns, ammunition, 12 Molotov cocktails, camping supplies and a map with directions to the prime minister’s home in Ottawa were found in Grantham’s car.
The actor allegedly changed his mind and considered the massacres on Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge and at the university where he studied, but ended up giving up and going to confess to the crimes at a police station.
Barbara Waite’s body was found the day after the murder by her daughter Lisa Grantham. The actor’s sister went to the scene after mother didn’t answer her messages or her phone.
“How can I trust anyone after my only brother executes my mother with her on her back?” She said during her brother’s trial testimony.
Prosecutors said that when he confessed to the crimes, the actor said he felt hopeless and with violent impulses, as well as suicidal thoughts and anxiety attacks. The hearing will resume next week.
Television career
In riverdale, Ryan Grantham played Jeffery Augustine, a teenager who killed the father of Archie Andrews, the protagonist of the series, in a car accident. In the series, the boy’s father tries to take the blame for taking on the consequences of the crime. Ryan also participated in the series Supernaturalwhere Todd lived, and played Rodney James in the former Diary of a lousy boy.
Source: Terra
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