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# Chopper Read

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Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (born November 17, 1954) was an Australian mobster who during his career in the Melbourne mafia scene, was convicted of many crimes, for example; armed robbery, assault and kidnapping. Read retired from the life of crime and wrote a series of fiction books based on his life as a criminal. More recently he has begun making music.

Read started his criminal career as a child; robbing drug dealers as a teenager. During this time he was the leader of a gang. While in prison as an adult Read made a friend cut off his ears so he could leave prison where a gang wanted to have him killed. Read claims that he killed 19 people during his time as a criminal. His first book was written in 1991 while he was in prison. In 2000 a film called Chopper was made; about Read's life and based on his books, it starred Eric Bana as Chopper.

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