- Philip Grandine's 911 call about his wife in bathtub
First she was murdered, now she gets no justice.
It's like Anna Karissa Grandine's grave is being spit on. The worst way a person can be victimized is what happened to the 29-year-old who came to Canada from Pasay City in the Philippines with her family for a better life.
She certainly did not find it.
It's a sickening case. Does it get any lower?
It's not every day a jury hears evidence that a guy not only drugged his pregnant wife in an attempt to kill her but also staged a practice run just days before — what the Crown called a "dress rehearsal."
And despite being trained as a nurse, the killer did nothing to try to try save her from the bathtub.
He didn't pull the plug to empty the water. He didn't apply his training in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
And later the same night he was having sex with his mistress.
All of that, but the jury didn't see fit to find the accused guilty of murder.
This jury came back after two days of deliberating with a manslaughter verdict.
Jaws dropped Thursday when the jury in former pastor Philip Grandine's first-degree murder trial came back with the stunning decision that could see him set free in as few as seven years.
"You never know what can happen with a jury," said Toronto defence counsel Calvin Barry, who was also a senior Crown. "We are not allowed to delve into their deliberations. Maybe this should change some day. As a Crown attorney I lost cases I thought were in the bag and as a defence counsel the same has occurred."
Crime specialist Ross McLean had nothing but praise for the policing.
"Toronto Police did outstanding work from the 911 operator who took the killer's call, to first officers on scene, to the diligent homicide team, this was a case built on evidence, proper procedure, and instinct," said McLean who is an analyst for the Sun News Network and a former cop.
"This is about as good as it gets in police work," he said. "The officers can sleep well tonigh. They did not get the verdict they deserved, but they did justice for the victim, a pregnant young woman stealthily deceived and killed by her husband."
Soft spoken and calm, the victim's sister Hannah Darvin and their mother Maria Charito Darvin would not respond when asked about their reaction.
They read a benign statement and left the courthouse looking defeated and devastated but never putting it into words.
In a lot of ways what she didn't say spoke volumes. On this outrage, what the hell can you say?
Other than from a lot of people who were not on that jury: RIP Anna Karissa.
joe.warmington@sunmedia.ca
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