An actor from the beloved 20th Century Fox movie franchise Diary of a Wimpy Kid has allegedly admitted to a plot to kill the Canadian Prime Minister.
Ryan Grantham, 24 years old, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in March after the killing of his mother and the British Columbia Supreme Court began to hear his case this week.
According to the CBC, Grantham shot his 64-year-old mother in March of 2020 and allegedly loaded his car the next day with three guns, ammunition, a dozen Molotov cocktails, camping supplies, and directions to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family home.
Grantham allegedly admitted his plans to kill the prime minister in a statement to police, as well as excerpts from his private journal read in court. Grantham never made it to the residence of Trudeau and instead turned himself in at Vancouver police headquarters.
As the court hearing is underway this week, it was revealed that Grantham rehearsed the murder and took videos. He also recorded videos confessing to the murder after the killing and showed his mother’s body.
The British Columbia Prosecution Service confirmed to PEOPLE that Grantham’s plea to second-degree murder of his mother Barbara Anne Waite carries a mandatory life sentence.
PEOPLE reports that the proceedings will determine how long Grantham will serve before he is eligible to apply for parole.
The sentencing proceedings began on June 13, according to the Prosecution Service, and were held to determine how long Grantham will serve before he is eligible to apply for parole.Â
Grantham is known for his role as Rodney James in Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010), which starred Zachary Gordon (Greg Heffley), Robert Capron (Rowley Jefferson), Devon Bostick (Roddrick Heffley), Steve Zahn (Frank Heffley), and Rachael Harris (Susan Heffley). He also played the role of Jeffery Augustine in the CW hit television series Riverdale, which is still currently airing and stars Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper), Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones), KJ Apa (Archie Andrews), Camila Mendes (Veronica Lodge), and Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom).
Inside the Magic will update this trial as it unfolds.
hablogato on September 23rd, 2022 at 21:59 UTC »
From NYTimes: The crime occurred on March 31, 2020, when Grantham, then 21, shot his mother, Barbara Waite, in the back of her head as she played piano in their home in Squamish, a town in British Columbia about 37 miles south of Whistler, Johnson said. Grantham recorded a video shortly after that in which he confessed to the murder and then left by car, Johnson said. Grantham told the authorities that he initially had planned to kill the prime minister, but changed his mind and at some point decided he would carry out a mass shooting, possibly at Simon Fraser University, where he had been a student.
He did not carry out either plan, and instead turned himself in to the police on April 1, 2020, Johnson said.
Grantham had rationalized that it was necessary to kill his mother so that she would not have to deal with the fallout of the crimes he had planned to commit, Johnson said.
DirtyDanTheManlyMan on September 23rd, 2022 at 20:20 UTC »
So the diary of a wimpy kid fan fics aren’t the craziest thing about that franchise
rocopotomus74 on September 23rd, 2022 at 19:11 UTC »
I know it's terrible, but I chuckled reading that he journaled his plot. Imagine the restraint of the person writing that.