An Albanian in England, who a year ago hit a British elderly man to death while riding a bicycle, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison, the British media reported Thursday.

According to the news agencies, the 23-year-old Ermir Loka was ran a red traffic light in the area of ​​Whitechapel, when he crashed the 72-year-old Peter McCombie.

After the accident, the young Albanian left the scene, as he was afraid of the police not to catch him, since he was without proper documents in England. On his part, the senior citizen McCombie during the fall broke his skull and damaged his brain finding death a few days after the accident.

Loka turned himself in to police and said he left because he panicked and added that he was sleep deprived after working long hours.

However, the young Albanian can be released after being in detention rooms for a year. This rritated the elderly’s family, who called the court decision unfair.

"He ran away, leaving Peter lying on the corner of the road, seriously injured, thinking only of himself. The anger we feel towards him is beyond words. We do not even want to hear his name", said the family members.

“Priti Patel has today vowed to deport the illegal immigrant cyclist who fled after causing the death of a hospital worker when he crashed into him running a red light.

Instead of apologising to his victim after the crash, Loka pointed to his damaged bike declaring ‘Look at what you’ve done!' before running away”, reported the Daily Mail.