More than a year after the fatal crash that killed 28-year-old lawyer Mitch East, Sydney man Zisi Kokotatsios, 65, has yet to enter pleas to multiple serious charges.
Police allege Kokotatsios was illegally using his mobile phone while driving through Tamarama around 4am on March 17, 2024, when he struck East, who was on the road, and failed to stop and assist. Emergency services responded, but East was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kokotatsios is charged with failing to stop and assist after a vehicle impact causing death, dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death, and using a mobile phone while driving. The matter has been before the courts for over a year.
He faced Central Local Court on Thursday, with the case adjourned to a conference later in July. Kokotatsios remains on bail under conditions including daily police reporting and a ban on approaching international departure points.
East, a Harvard Law School graduate, was working at Sydney firm Arnold Bloch Leibler at the time of his death. The firm described him as a highly talented and valued colleague whose loss is deeply felt.
Source: 9News.
