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Ryan Grantham, who appeared successful the bid Riverdale, was sentenced to beingness successful situation with eligibility for parole successful 14 years aft murdering his parent successful 2020.
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Ryan Grantham's destiny has been revealed.
The 24-year-old, who formerly acted successful the CW bid Riverdale, was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the anticipation of parole successful 14 years, per a connection obtained by E! News connected Sept. 22 from BC Prosecution Services. The tribunal besides issued beingness firearm prohibition for Grantham astatine the Sept. 20 sentencing. Both the beingness condemnation and the firearm prohibition are mandatory for second-degree execution successful British Columbia, per the statement.
Following his sentence, Ryan's lawyer Chris Johnson told E! News that Grantham has "worked truly hard to crook his beingness around" aft being arrested.
"He's received a batch of intelligence assistance and helium has struggled with what he's done and facing that," Johnson said successful a statement, "but helium hopes to beryllium capable to dedicate the remainder of his beingness to making amends."
The British Columbia Supreme Court's determination comes aft helium plead blameworthy successful March to second-degree execution successful the lawsuit of his mother's death, per a connection obtained by E! News successful June from Dan McLaughlin of the BC Prosecution Service.
According to newsman Karin Larsen of CBC News, who virtually attended the sentencing proceeding successful June, prosecutors said Grantham changeable his mother, Barbara Waite, successful the backmost of her caput portion she played soft astatine location successful March 2020. After committing the crime, Grantham filmed a video of himself wherever the then-21-year-old confessed to the execution and filmed his mother's corpse.
Grantham loaded his car the adjacent time with guns, bullets and Molotov cocktails and planned to question to Rideau Cottage successful Ottawa and kill Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, per the CBC. However, Grantham changed his way and turned the car astir with a program to perpetrate wide unit astatine Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge oregon Simon Fraser University, wherever helium attended school.
Grantham did not spell done with the plan, but alternatively went to the Vancouver constabulary aboriginal that nighttime and told an officer, "I killed my mother."
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In tribunal successful June, Crown prosecutor Michaela Donnelly referenced 2 psychiatric reports which stated that Grantham was suffering from urges to perpetrate unit and from objective slump anterior to sidesplitting his mother.
On the 3rd and last time of his June hearing, Grantham delivered a connection successful court which reflected connected his actions.
"It hurts maine to deliberation astir however severely I've wasted my life," helium said astatine the time. "In the look of thing truthful horrible, saying atrocious seems truthful pointless. But from each fibre of my being, I americium sorry."
He besides appeared successful the films Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Becoming Redwood.
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