EX-PASTOR CONVICTED IN PREGNANT WIFE’S DEATH TO BE RETRIED

A former pastor convicted of manslaughter in the drowning death of his pregnant wife at their Toronto home has been granted a new trial. In a decision released Friday, the Court of Appeal for Ontario said Philip Grandine should be retried on a charge of manslaughter. The court found the trial judge’s answer to a question from the jury “introduced an unlawful act not previously contemplated or dealt with during the trial” and “materially compromised trial fairness.” Grandine’s wife, Anna Karissa Grandine, 29, was found dead in October 2011 and he was arrested six months later and charged with first- degree murder. Toxicology reports found a sedative in his wife’s system. The Crown argued Grandine plotted to kill his wife to continue an affair with his friend’s wife.