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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark 'Chopper' Read, affectionately referred to as "Uncle Chop Chop" in his native Australia, was a figure of many contradictions. Despite his notorious reputation as a standover man, this criminal ...

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 ...

I don’t how I missed this story, but I blame the lamestream media. Mark “Chopper” Read, a legendary Australian true crime author played by Eric Bana in the 2000 Andrew Dominik film Chopper, died last ...

Update: Crime figure and author Mark Brandon “Chopper“ Read has died aged 58, his manager has confirmed. Read died today at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after a long battle with liver cancer, his ...

A book on ‘Australia’s most infamous jail’ has revealed the true identity of the man who cut off Mark ‘Chopper’ Read’s ears. Former H Division guards and prisoners at Pentridge Prison – considered one ...