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Driver Who Killed Coventry Boy, 12, And Fled To Latvia Jailed For Nine Years
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Aleksanders Dolars, 23, has been jailed for nine years and four months for killing 12-year-old Keaton Slater in Coventry in June 2024. He was doing about 75mph in a 30mph zone when his BMW struck the schoolboy, then fled to Latvia within days. With no post-Brexit extradition deal, he avoided justice for over two years until his parents' determined campaign brought him back to England.
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