In an exclusive interview with Global News, Parent's sister, Tina, says despite having friends threaten her and not being keen on any more public exposure, she still wants to warn everyone about her brother, who will not be behind bars much longer.

Brent Parent is serving five-and-a-half year prison sentence for killing Silas O'Brien with his pickup truck in a 2008 hit-and-run.

A Langley man is set to appear before a judge today to argue that his penalty for a deadly hit-and-run was too harsh.