In passing the sentence in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver, Justice Kathleen Ker called the case tragic and heartbreaking, and said the victim’s statements, especially from his sister, spoke to the “devastating” consequences of the crime. Second degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison. The question at the sentencing hearing was how long Grantham would have to wait before he could apply for parole. In delivering the verdict, Ker recounted a series of disturbing details that emerged during Grantham’s sentencing hearing last June. Then, 21, Grantham shot Waite in the back of the head once with a .22 rifle while she was playing the piano at their Squamish mansion on March 31, 2020. A GoPro video of Grantham took some time to post. of murder in court. In this he confesses to the murder and shows his mother’s body. The next day he covered the body with a sheet, placed lit candles around it and hung a rosary from the piano before leaving in a car full of guns, ammunition and Molotov cocktails, intending to travel east to Ottawa to kill the prime minister. Justin Trudeau. He drove to Hope, B.C., where he turned to thoughts instead of committing a mass shooting at Simon Fraser University where he was enrolled or the Lions Gate Bridge. Later that night he drove to the Vancouver police building in East Vancouver and turned himself in. In her remarks, Ker called it a “saving grace” that Grantham had enough of a grip on reality and psychological understanding to choose not to go on a shooting spree. Ryan Grantham pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, which carries an automatic sentence of life in prison. (Filmifeed) She summarized how Grantham had been on a downward spiral in the months leading up to the matricide, spending more and more time smoking weed and watching violent videos on the dark web, while feeling isolated and consumed by suicidal and homicidal urges. Ker said she considered Grantham’s mental difficulties at the time of the killing a mitigating factor. He noted that Grantham was seeking psychiatric help in prison and was receiving positive reviews of his behavior and progress. He said Grantham seemed genuinely remorseful. In June, he addressed the court and apologized, saying his mother was a loving and compassionate person who did not deserve what he did to her. Grantham began acting in film and television when he was nine years old. His credits include the TV series Riverdale, Supernatural and iZombie which was filmed in BC. and the films Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
