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Canadian actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his mother, Barbara Waite, in 2020.
The 24-year-old, was sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver yesterday.
He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, after having initially been charged with first-degree murder.
Prosecutors said he had also plotted to kill Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.
Grantham admitted to shooting his mother in the back of the head as she played piano in their home, north of Vancouver, the court heard.
In a video taken on his camera after the killing, the actor filmed his mother’s body while saying: “I shot her in the back of the head moments after, she would have known it was me. END.