Mayor Dilkens weighs in at Ganatchio Trail murder trial; some legal experts ask why

Posted: Jan 19, 2021 5:01 AM ET | Last Updated: January 19
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says he approached the court to ask if he could write the community impact statement.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)
The decision of Mayor Drew Dilkens to insert his voice into the sentencing hearing of a man convicted second degree murder for brutally beating of a senior on the Ganatchio Trail in October of 2017 is being questioned by some within the legal community.
"I offer these remarks on behalf of the entire city for whom I am elected to lead," the statement written by Dilkens read.
In October of 2017, Sara Anne Widholm was brutally attacked and beaten on the Ganatchio Trail -- she died over a year later. In December, after a two-week trial,  24-year-old Habibullah Ahmadi, who admitted to using cannabis and magic mushrooms the day of the crime, was convicted of second degree murder in her death. 

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