Drunk driver's sentence 'slap in the face'

The family of a young Queensland boy who was run over and killed by a drunk driver have described his jail sentence as a "slap in the face".

Adrian Murray was sentenced to seven years' jail in the Beenleigh District Court on Monday for the dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.

But he will be eligible for parole after he serves two years behind bars.

Josiah Sisson was looking at Christmas lights with his family in Springwood, south of Brisbane, on December 25, 2016, when he was struck by Murray's car.

He died in hospital two days later after being taken off life support.

Josiah's father, Karl Sisson, said his first thought about the sentence was that his son was nine when he died, but Murray would spend less time than that in jail.

"That's a bit of a slap in the face when we have to live with this for the rest of our lives and our poor son lost his life," he said outside court.

Mr Sisson astonished many when he met with Murray just after the accident and forgave him for causing his son's death.