A former Toronto pastor convicted in the death of his pregnant wife has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars.
Philip Grandine was sentenced in a Toronto courtroom today, nearly a year after jurors found him guilty of manslaughter in the drowning of his wife Anna Grandine.
Prosecutors sought a sentence of 13 to 15 years, while the defence argued five to seven years would be more appropriate.Anna Grandine was 29 years old and 20 weeks pregnant when she drowned in the couple's bathtub in 2011. The judge overseeing the case ruled in November that Philip Grandine deliberately and secretly sedated his wife so she wouldn't stand in the way of his extramarital affair and love of pornography.
During trial, jurors were told they could convict Grandine if they found he surreptitiously drugged his wife with lorazepam or provided it to her; or if he knew she had taken it and did nothing to stop her from getting in the bath while under its influence.
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