
Dolars Aleksanders pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving following the death of Keaton Slater
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Keaton Slater was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Coventry in 2024. The defendant, Dolars Aleksanders, was extradited to the UK last month.
A driver has admitted killing a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash as he made his way home from school.
Latvian national Dolars Aleksanders was extradited to the UK last month, following the death of Keaton Slater in Coventry in 2024.
The 23-year-old appeared at Warwick Crown Court via a virtual link from HMP Dovegate on Thursday and only spoke to identity himself and plead guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
He is due to be sentenced on 13 November. Aleksanders' defence lawyer Darron Whitehead said no bail application would be made.
Keaton's parents, Louise and Clint Slater, were sitting in the public gallery of the court as Aleksanders entered his plea.
Judge Matthew Walsh told the defendant: "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."
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