Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother
ok.co.ukNetflix series Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham has been jailed for life for murdering his mother.The disgraced former child star, 24, admitted he shot his mum Barbara Waite in the back of the head as she played piano in their townhouse in Squamish, north of Vancouver, in March 2020.
He pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder in March this year and has been sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court to life in prison.The actor, who also appeared in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Supernatural, and iZombie, will be ineligible for parole for 14 years.
CBC News reported that the court was shown a GoPro video taken by Grantham a short time after the shooting, in which he confessed to the murder and showed his mum's body.
The court heard he covered the body with a sheet, hung a rosary from the piano and placed lit candles the day after the murder.
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