{"id":17849,"date":"2025-02-21T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/widow-of-ontario-man-murdered-over-gold-chain-tells-court-he-did-nothing-wrong\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T21:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:07:14","slug":"widow-of-ontario-man-murdered-over-gold-chain-tells-court-he-did-nothing-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/widow-of-ontario-man-murdered-over-gold-chain-tells-court-he-did-nothing-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow of Ontario man murdered over gold chain tells court he did nothing wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The widow of a Toronto man robbed of his gold chain and killed during her birthday celebration three years ago says she\u2019s lived with guilt ever since.<\/p>\n

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Mohanie Henry-Khan delivered a heart-wrenching victim impact statement in a Toronto courtroom Friday<\/a> during the sentencing hearing for Jahvon Waldron.<\/p>\n

In November, a jury found Waldron guilty of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and robbery with a firearm in the May 7, 2022, shooting death of 36-year-old Peter Khan.<\/p>\n

That night, Khan, his wife and his friends were out at the Tropical Nights Bar in Scarborough celebrating her 32nd birthday when tragedy unfolded. Khan and his friend were in the parking lot standing next to his car when a masked-man approached them and asked for a cigarette before grabbing his gold chain that he was wearing.<\/p>\n

Khan was then shot in the chest at close range. He was rushed to hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n

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Henry-Khan told court Friday about how she has lived with the guilt of knowing her husband was killed on the night he took her out to celebrate her birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour honour, how can I celebrate my life when it resulted in my husband\u2019s death?\u201d Khan said through tears.<\/p>\n

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She told court that after the shooting, she ran to her husband\u2019s side to try to help him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI tried my best to stop the bleeding, the person I loved most in this world. Peter called my name very faintly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe held my hand as he lay there dying, looked me in my eyes and said, \u2018I love you.\u2019 My husband\u2019s last words were to remind me that he loved me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That same night, Dante Roopchand was also shot and robbed of his gold chain, and another man was robbed at knifepoint of his gold chain at a nearby shopping plaza.<\/p>\n

Assistant Crown attorney Paul Kelly told Superior Court Justice Brian O\u2019Marra that Waldron, who was 28 at the time, should spend life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 to 25 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis entire episode is replete with aggravating factors. How deliberate and calculated Waldron\u2019s actions were: He went to Tropical Nights to rob people, rob them of their gold,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n