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Driver Who Fled to Latvia After Killing Keaton Slater Jailed
Aleksanders Dolars was sentenced after admitting causing death by dangerous driving, and the judge said his selfish driving killed the 12-year-old instantly.
- On Friday, hit-and-run driver Aleksanders Dolars was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for killing 12-year-old Keaton Slater in Coventry after fleeing to Latvia following the June 2024 collision.
- Dolars was driving at 75-76mph in a 30mph zone when he struck Keaton on June 14, 2024; the car was found abandoned more than six miles away about 20 minutes later.
- Warwick Crown Court Judge Kristina Montgomery imposed a 16-year driving ban, telling Dolars his "grossly excessive speed made a collision with Keaton unavoidable." She stated his injuries were "catastrophic and fatal."
- In a victim impact statement, Keaton's mother Louise Slater told the court: "There are no words that can properly describe the pain of losing a child." She added the family's lives "changed forever."
- Following a determined campaign by Keaton's parents, supported by MP Taiwo Owatemi for Coventry North West, Dolars was extradited to England in August; West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service worked to secure his return.
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The Independent (US)Hit-and-run driver who fled to Latvia after killing schoolboy jailed
Aleksanders Dolars was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on Friday
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