Canadian Actor, Ryan Grantham Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing His Mom
Canadian Actor, Ryan Grantham Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing His Mom Mary Akanbi 23rd September, 2022 Canadian Actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his mother. Known for playing Rodney James in Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) and an appearance in Riverdale (2019), Grantham, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing his mother, Barbara Waite, in March 2020. He appeared in the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver , Canada, on Wednesday, when he was handed a life sentence by Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker. The actor will not be eligible for parole for 14 years. Grantham has a number of mental health issues, which Ker noted in court. CBC has reported he was going through an “intense period of clinical depression” in the period leading up to the crime. “I think he anticipated what the judge gave him as a sentence,” Grantham’s lawyer Chris Johnson said following the sentencing. “I t...