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A former pastor has been handed a prison sentence of 14 years and eight months for the drowning death of his pregnant wife at their Toronto home.

Philip Grandine was found guilty of manslaughter last month.

His wife, Anna Karissa Grandine, 29, was found in the bathtub of their bungalow in October 2011.

When paramedics arrived at their home, she was still in the bathtub and the water had not been drained.

Grandine was arrested six months later and charged with first-degree murder.

Toxicology reports found a sedative in his wife's system which had not been prescribed to her.

The Crown had accused Grandine of plotting to kill his wife in order to continue an extramarital affair with his friend's wife, who was a parishioner at his church.

(680News)

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