Author of the article: Trevor Wilhelm
Publishing date: Jan 12, 2021 • January 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • A close-up of the plaque at the memorial area on the Ganatchio Trail dedicated to Sara Anne Widholm, who died at the age of 76 in 2018 following a brutal beating on Oct. 8, 2017. Photo by Dalson Chen /Windsor Star
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One of Sara Anne Widholm’s greatest regrets with her last breath would not have been about dying, but knowing she couldn’t tell her husband one last time how much she loved him, her son said Tuesday,
Several of Widholm’s friends and family along with Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, in a rare foray into criminal court proceedings filed victim impact statements for a sentencing hearing that began Tuesday for Widholm’s killer.
WINDSOR, ONT. Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens has written a “community victim statement” for the sentencing of Habibullah “Danny” Ahmadi. The 24-year-old was convicted of second degree murder in November in the beating of Sara Ann Widholm, 75. On Oct. 8, 2017, Widholm was attacked while walking on the Ganatchio Trail just before 8 a.m. The attack “shocked the community to its core,” the mayor wrote in his statement. Defence lawyer, Patricia Brown, believes the mayor’s entire statement should not be considered because it offers opinions about the nature of the crime, which are not true. Brown acknowledges the mayor’s thoughts about the community impact of the attack are justified, but says his words “crimes like the savage beating of Sara Ann just don’t happen in the City of Windsor, are inaccurate.