Miguel Oliveira to serve 15 weekends in jail for hit-and-run that killed cyclist Tom Samson

Swansea elementary-school teacher was killed riding his bike near Lansdowne & Davenport

The family of a Toronto cyclist killed in a hit-and-run is calling for mandatory minimum jail terms after the driver was handed a sentence that could see him freed after spending just 15 weekends in jail.

Miguel Oliveira had pleaded guilty last May to leaving the scene of an accident causing death, in connection with the collision that killed cyclist Tom Samson, a father of two. The court heard that Oliveira hit Samson, kept driving, and went to work, and only turned himself in to police the next day after consulting a lawyer.

Oliveira was given a six-month jail sentence on Tuesday by Superior Court Justice Faye McWatt and was banned from driving for two years. But he was given credit for being under house arrest in the time leading up to his guilty plea and will serve the remainder of his sentence on weekends.

Defence lawyer Calvin Barry told reporters outside the courthouse Oliveira will likely be free on probation after serving 15 weekends.