Trial to begin for man accused of killing gas station attendant

Joshua Cody Mitchell’s trial starts on Monday in the hit and run death of a gas station attendant in 2015.

Maryam Rashidi Ashianti was killed when she was hit and dragged by a truck driver who didn't pay for $113 worth of gas. She had only worked at the Centex station on 16^th Avenue northwest for three days when the incident happened.

The Crown prosecutor has elected to bring the case straight to trial, skipping over a preliminary hearing.

The trial is expected to take two weeks.

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  A man accused in the hit and run death of a gas station attendant goes on trial on Monday.