Court finds former Toronto pastor guilty of manslaughter in death of pregnant wife GlobeToronto
A former Toronto pastor accused of secretly sedating his pregnant wife before she drowned has been found guilty of manslaughter.Prosecutors alleged Grandine drugged his wife with the anti-anxiety medication lorazepam, better known as Ativan, so she wouldn’t be as vigilant while he continued an affair with her friend.The Crown alleged he then did not prevent Anna Karissa Grandine from getting in a bath in her incapacitated state one night in October 2011.
In her instructions to the jury, Superior Court Justice Faye McWatt said that in order to return a guilty verdict, jurors must find Philip Grandine’s actions contributed to his wife’s death, even if they were not the only or the main cause. Prosecutors said Philip Grandine had access to Ativan through his job as a nurse manager at a seniors’ home in Toronto. They also pointed to searches on the couple’s shared computer on how to acquire the drug and what would be considered a fatal dose.The Crown alleged Grandine was behind the searches, noting some occurred roughly at the same time as searches for escorts and other sex-related topics.
Another pastor agreed to give them marriage counselling if Philip Grandine stopped cheating and gave up pornography, conditions the couple accepted, court heard. An autopsy also found she had a bump on her head that would have occurred around the time of her death, though it alone would not have been fatal, court heard.
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