A British Columbia actor planned to kill his mother and then Justin Trudeau

The revelation was made in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the first day of the sentencing hearing for 24-year-old Ryan Grantham. The latter pleaded guilty to the case filed against him on March 9.

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According to the confession of facts read by the Crown, Ryan Grantham shot himself in the back of the head with his mother Barbara Waite, 64, while he was playing the piano at their home in Squamish on March 31, 2020.

The next day, while his mother’s body was still lying in the pool of blood, Ryan Grantham placed three guns, ammunition, 12 Molotov cocktails, camping gear and a printed map in his vehicle using a Google search engine showing directions to Rideau Cottage, the residence. of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Ottawa.

Ryan Grantham said he wanted to kill Justin Trudeau in both his statement to police and excerpts from his private diary read in court.

U-turn to Hope

He took the road to the east, but turned around 200 km more when he reached Hope. He had ideas on committing widespread violence, killing people at Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge or at Simon Fraser University, where he was a student.

Also in recognition of the facts read in Court, in the evening, he went to the Vancouver police headquarters, east of the city. He approached an officer riding in a police car and said: I killed my mother.

Since he was 9 years old, Ryan Grantham has acted in cinema and on television. His filmography includes television series produced in British Columbia, including Riverdale, supernatural at iZombieas well as movies Diary of a Wimpy Kid at The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

The court heard that Ryan Grantham had growing feelings of self-loathing, despair and a desire to commit violence in the months before his mother’s murder.

He struggled in school, smoked a lot of cannabis, felt angry and anxious about perceived failures, and thought of suicide.

The repetition of crime

In the days leading up to the murder, Ryan Grantham practiced for the crime, secretly approaching his mother with a gun on at least one occasion.

He also recorded himself with a GoPro camera. A video shown in court appears to show the walkthrough. In another, taken on the day of the murder, he showed his mother’s body and described what had happened.

I kicked him in the headhe said. In the moments that followed, he would know it was me.

In his statement to the police, Ryan Grantham said that in the hours after the murder he was confused, wrote in his diary, took the video, went out to get money, marijuana and beer, went home, experimented with making Molotov cocktails. cocktails and watched Netflix for two and a half hours. He then covered his mother’s body with a blanket and lay down.

On March 31, we read in his diary: I’m so sorry mom, I’m so sorry Lisa [NDLR – sa soeur] … I hate myself.

There is a lot of media about me there … movies and TV … hundreds of hours of me being watched and madissect … No one can understand.we read in the newspaper.

The hearing will continue on Tuesday

Before leaving Squamish at 1^eh April, she hung a rosary on the piano and placed lighted candles on her mother’s body. Barbara Waite’s body was discovered by her daughter on the night of 1^eh April. Worried, Lisa Grantham went to her mother’s home not answering phone calls and messages.

In her statement on the victim’s impact, Lisa Grantham explained that her life and career were ruined by the murder. There was no doubt in his mind that his brother was a dangerous man.

How could I trust anyone if my only sibling chose to kill my mother while turning her backhe told the court.

Second -degree murder automatically carries a life sentence. The Crown asks for 17 to 18 years of parole ineligibility.

Ryan Grantham’s defense has yet to be submitted. The hearing will continue on Tuesday.

Based on information from Karin Larsen