Man admits killing 12-year-old boy in 2024 hit-and-run in Coventry
A hit-and-run driver who fled to Latvia after killing a 12-year-old schoolboy has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
A hit-and-run driver who fled to Latvia after killing a 12-year-old schoolboy has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
Dolars Aleksanders, 23, pleaded guilty on Thursday at Warwick Crown Court to causing the death of Keaton Slater, who was pronounced dead at the scene after being hit by a BMW on Radford Road in Coventry on June 14 2024.
Aleksanders, originally from the Dobele area of Latvia, was extradited to the UK on August 5 this year after a long-running inquiry involving West Midlands Police and Europol.
Keaton’s parents, Louise and Clint Slater, were sitting in the public gallery of the court as Aleksanders entered a guilty plea via videolink from HMP Dovegate, near Uttoxeter.
Adjourning the case for sentence in November, Judge Matthew Walsh told Aleksanders: “You have entered your guilty plea to this very serious matter.
“Plainly the sentence that you are going to have imposed upon you is to be a very long one.
“That will be determined by Her Honour Judge (Kristina) Montgomery KC on November 13.”