The criminal matter experienced months-long delays, with Kokotatsios eventually pleading not guilty to charges of dangerous driving occasioning death and failing to stop and assist after a crash causing death. Kokotatsios died on November 16, with a funeral service held at St Athansios Church in Rookwood Cemetery later that month. As a result, all criminal charges against him, including two other charges of negligent driving occasioning death and illegally using a mobile phone while driving, were withdrawn and the case dismissed, said the outlet. The pain is unbearable.”Mitch East, 28, died in March 2024 after being hit by a car in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. East, a University of Otago and Harvard Law School graduate, had recently moved to Sydney and was working at law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler at the time of his death.
