A hit-and-run driver who fled to Latvia after killing a ‘happy, bubbly’ boy as he walked home from school with his friends has been jailed for nearly ten years.
Aleksanders Dolars was driving at over 70mph in a 30mph zone when he mowed down football-mad Keaton Slater, 12.
Dolars fled to the Eastern European country immediately after the crash in Coventry, on the afternoon of June 14, 2024, and was finally extradited to Britain to face justice in August.
The 23-year-old admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for nine years and four months.
Dolars was ordered to appear in person following
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