Eric Bana as Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read in the movie Chopper. Picture: Supplied All became bestsellers. People who didn’t read books read Chopper’s books. They reached the garbo on his unsteady bar ...

Chopper, affectionately known as "Uncle Chop Chop" in Australia, was a character of many layers and contradictions. Despite his reputation as a standover man, this criminal managed to charm millions ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. First a confession. I thought Channel Nine's decision to commission a remake of the Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read story was the height of ...

Former H Division guards and prisoners at Pentridge Prison – considered one of the toughest jails in Australia – have disclosed it was in fact Read’s rival James ‘Jimmy’ Loughnan who hacked at his ...

HE cut off his own ears, released a children’s book and a hip hop album, and tried to kidnap a judge. Before watching Underbelly Files: Chopper here’s what you need to know about the colourful crim’s ...

A self-confessed killer, how did Chopper Read become the anti-hero of Australia? His life knew no bounds, from the story behind Chopper Read’s ripped ear, his infamous tattoos or the legend of his ...

A Sydney gangster who fell foul of Mark ‘Chopper’ Read in 1975, finally gets to tell his story of the bloody encounter in Mark Dapin’s new book Prison Break. Read the book extract. Shalala appears in ...

The late Melburnian gangster, known for his bleak sense of humour, lack of ears and extreme violence is about to be thrown into the spotlight again. Channel Nine’s mini-series Underbelly Files: ...

Mark "Chopper" Read, one of Australia's most notorious and colourful criminals, died yesterday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 58. Read, who spent 23 years in prison for a variety of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Notorious underworld figure Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read died on October 9 following a long battle with liver cancer. Read, 58, was ...