A Kiwi father who held up a Sunshine Coast Subway store with a replica gun says he wants to remain in Australia.
In 2016, James William Ryan covered his face with a red bandana before entering a Subway store with a fake gun.
The father-of-seven, who was five weeks intohis parole, pointed the gun at a worker in the store and demanded they hand over cash.
Ryan fled the scene with $856. The worker waited to call police because he was in shock.
Ryan was sentenced on Thursday at the Sunshine Coast's Maroochydore District Court to five years' imprisonment with a parole release date in March 2019, Daily Mail Australia reported.
He had already spent 477 days in custody following the robbery.
Ryan also received a 12-month prison sentence for assault occasioning bodily harm following an altercation with his eformer partners' boyfriend.
Judge Gary Long said the father's crimes warranted a "substantial" prison sentence - something that could affect his visa, Daily Mail Australia reported.
