Overview
- Twelve-year-old Keaton Slater was killed on Radford Road in Coventry on 14 June 2024 after being struck by a vehicle, and the case remained under investigation for more than two years.
- Dolars Aleksanders was detained in Latvia in July and flown to the UK on 5 August 2026 before being taken into custody in the West Midlands.
- The Crown Prosecution Service has charged Aleksanders with one count of causing death by dangerous driving and said its prosecutors have established sufficient evidence to bring the case to court.
- Aleksanders was remanded and is due to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 6 August 2026, with officials warning that reporting or online commentary must not prejudice the active proceedings.
- West Midlands Police and the CPS credited coordinated work by UK and Latvian authorities, Europol, the NCA, the JICC and Home Office teams, and Keaton’s parents continue to receive specialist support from officers as the case moves toward trial.