Gary Edward Ryan, 26, on Friday was jailed for eight years, with a minimum term of six, for mowing down little Bangoang Tut while he played in his Morwell frontyard last December.
But with time already served, he could be eligible for parole in five years.
Outside the Victorian County Court in Melbourne, Bangoang Tut's uncle, Puk Yak, said the family was disappointed with the sentence.
'It's not enough,' he told reporters.
'It should be more.'
Bangoang Tut's father Jacob Bangoang held a photograph of his son and said: 'This is not (an) animal, it is a human life that has been lost'.
'I think this is not fair.
'What he has done to our family, he ruined our lives.'
Bangoang Tut's mother, Yom Ding Deng, wailed and clung to her husband's arm as he spoke to reporters.
Ryan was travelling up to 80km/h before the crash that killed Bangoang Tut and endangered the lives of his then pregnant mother and two other children playing in the yard of the Morwell home, in Victoria's southeast.
Ryan began drinking about midday on December 20, consuming heavy strength beer and home brew at a Christmas party before getting behind the wheel, Judge Liz Gaynor said on Friday.
One of his friends hid his keys to try to stop Ryan driving, but he recovered them, determined to drive.
He did burnouts and fishtails before losing control of his car and hitting a fence before crashing into Bangoang Tut.
He also hit the six-year-old's mother and two teenage relatives, who walked away with minor injuries.
But Judge Gaynor said the trio of survivors remained severely traumatised by the incident.
'Your actions on this day were heedless in the extreme,' Judge Gaynor said in jailing Ryan, a father of two.
'You were not just drinking and driving, you were drinking and deliberately driving in the most dangerous fashion.'
Judge Gaynor said Ryan has apologised unreservedly for his actions which, in his words, were the result of a 'stupid decision to get behind the wheel of the car while pissed'.
Ryan wept and rubbed his eyes throughout the sentencing.
Judge Gaynor said Ryan's offending had been a severe blow to the Sudanese family, who had already endured significant suffering as they fled Sudan via Ethiopia then Egypt, traversing crocodile-infested waters.
Ryan, of Morwell, was supported by family members in court.
He had pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death and three counts of reckless conduct endangering life.
Ryan was also fined $300 for unlicensed driving and $200 for driving an unroadworthy vehicle.
His licence was disqualified for eight years, but Ryan has said he never wants to drive again.
skynews.com.au 6 Nov 2010
Another DELIBERATE failure of the Anglo - Masonic Legal System.
It is cheaper to kill someone, than to commit theft from banks.
A criminal who rounded down the cents from bank accounts into his own account to the tune of a few million dollars is incarcerated for 8 years.
Eugene Kukuy (aka Henry Kay - Property spruik) is known to turn over a BILLION dollar real estate industry, being nabbed for ~$50,000,000 was NOT incarcerated, and was given a passport to flee the country.
When sentencing, the system ONLY takes into consideration the criminal and NOT the victim, as perceived by the general populous.
Nothing more or less than WHITE TRASH.
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