The 24-year-old, who played Jeffery Augustine in teen drama Riverdale, was sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday. He pleaded ...
In the moments after, she would have known it was me." During the trial, his lawyers argued he had been struggling with anxiety and clinical depression and had expressed a desire to kill himself and harm others in the months leading up to him killing his mother. Grantham admitted to shooting his mother in the back of the head as she played piano in their home, north of Vancouver, the court heard.
Grantham, who also appeared in the film “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” had pleaded guilty earlier this year. He will be eligible for parole after 14 years.
Grantham told the authorities that he initially had planned to kill the prime minister, but changed his mind and at some point decided he would carry out a mass shooting, possibly at Simon Fraser University, where he had been a student. Prosecutors had called for a 17- to 18-year waiting period before Grantham could apply for parole, Grantham’s lawyer had asked for a period of 12 years, and a judge on Wednesday chose a number in between. Grantham had pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder, which carries an automatic sentence of life in prison.
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The 24-year-old actor was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his mother in 2020. The Riverdale Actor Ryan Grantham sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother, Ryan Grantham, also confessed his intentions to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Judge Kathleen Kerleen Ker said that the “saving grace” is that the actor was aware of his actions. Despite this situation, the court indicated that Grantham would not be eligible for parole for the first 14 years of his life sentence. Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham was sentenced Wednesday at the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Currently, the Riverdale actor was sentenced to life in prison for killing his 64-year-old mother, who had cancer.