The 23-year-old, who played the role of Jeffery Augustine in “Riverdale”, was sentenced to life in prison by the Supreme Court of Canada for the murder of his mother.
The ruling came to light on Wednesday, six months following Grantham will plead guilty to the murder charge. in the second grade of Barbara Waite, her motherin 2020.
The prosecution stated that the actor, who also participated in the film “Greg’s Diary”, recorded his confession immediately following the event with a personal camera. In the video, she admits that she shot him in the back, in the back of her head, and that she realizes he was the shooter.
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Judge Kathleen Ker described the case as “heartbreaking and tragic” when sentencing, according to the specialized entertainment news portal TMZ.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the actor shot his mother while she was playing the piano at home, the next day filled his car with weapons, ammunition, Molotov cocktails and directions to the Canadian Prime Minister’s place of residenceJustin Trudeau.
The detectives who investigated the case affirmed that Grantham later confessed his intentions to attempt once morest the life of the official and of carry out a shooting at Simon Fraser University, where he had studied, according to the New York Times. This would have been written in his diary, but before carrying it out he turned himself in to the police. According to the actor’s lawyer, he would have killed his mother to spare him the suffering of seeing the crimes he would commit later.
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From a young age, the young man began to build his career as an actor, but it was also documented in the trial that he suffered from depression problems and was seeking rehabilitation since his arrest.
By the terms of the sentence, Grantham will not be able to apply for parole during the first 14 years of the sentence.
