June 15, 2022
Ryan Grantham is being sentenced in British Columbia after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in March. Ryan Grantham, the Canadian actor who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March in the killing of his mother, allegedly plotted to kill Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well.
A Canadian actor who killed his mother two years ago apologized in court Wednesday during his sentencing hearing.
“I cannot explain or justify my actions. I have no excuse,” Ryan Grantham said during the hearing at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver.
The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after shooting his 64-year-old mother in the back of the head in the home they shared together in March 2020. He was originally changed with first-degree murder.
Grantham has appeared in the TV series Riverdale, as well as several other productions dating back to his childhood.
Grantham admitted he planned to drive to Ottawa after killing his mother with the intention of killing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He packed his car with guns, ammunition and molotov cocktails before leaving. Grantham drove approximately 95 miles east of Vancouver, before turning around and ultimately turning himself in to police.
The court had already heard Grantham say he killed his mother to spare her from seeing the violence he intended to commit.
“It hurts me to think about how badly I’ve wasted my life.”
