Overview

• Kokotatsios has not entered pleas to any charges since he was charged days after the March 17, 2024, death of Mitch East.
• His case was adjourned in Central Local Court on July 8 with a case conference scheduled for late July.
• He remains on bail under strict conditions requiring daily police reporting and a ban on approaching international departure points.
• Police allege the 65-year-old was illegally using a mobile phone when he struck East and then failed to stop to render assistance.
• East, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 2022 and worked at Arnold Bloch Leibler, was pronounced dead at the scene in Tamarama.