Chopper read where is he now

He just wanted to have conversation. He got caught for most of the things he did. Father Norden said while Read was often in the news, it did not mean people approved of his lifestyle. Read contracted hepatitis C, reportedly during his time in prison, and refused a liver transplant, saying he did not deserve it.

He's been a meal ticket for various hangers on, they will miss him," Rule said. He was a bit of a rapper. He was a good talker. He had an image of himself perhaps the way some colourful sportsmen have," he said. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

Hard upbringing followed by life of crime Following a hard upbringing in Melbourne, Read was a ward of the state by his early teens. Chopper Read 'may have weeks to live'. More on:. Matthew Wade blasts Australia into World Cup final. Tweet Facebook Mail. Mark "Chopper" Read's hidden home life has been unveiled with a series of never-before-seen home videos. The notorious standover man and author is seen driving through the countryside, joking with a friend about a car breakdown, sitting at home and target shooting on a Victorian property.

While the sight of Read with a rifle might evoke his gangland past, the figure in the videos seems content with a more bucolic lifestyle, even waving to a honey-coloured bull he dubs "Blondie". In another clip, Read — who died in — is seen walking around a car with the hood up. Narrated by 9NEWS anchor Peter Overton and comprised of interviews filmed between and , the infamous gangland figure discusses his life, crimes and attempts to leave it all behind.

Read was born in Melbourne on November 17, Moving between foster homes, children's homes and psychiatric hospitals as a child, Read entered the underworld in his late teens. Between the ages of 20 and 38 he spent just 13 months outside jail, forging a ferocious reputation in a gang war waged behind the bars of Pentridge Prison's infamous H Division in Melbourne.

He served time after being convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping, arson, impersonating a police officer, assault and attempted murder. He was sentenced to 13 years in jail for attempting to kidnap a County Court judge at gunpoint. He has recently downgraded this to " about four or seven ". He has also said he would "never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn". I'm 55 years old; I'm not going to put my name down against some year-old kid. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

Read spent the first five years of his life in a children's home, and was made a ward of the state by the age of 14 Read says he was certified mentally insane three times - at ages 15, 19 and 23, and that he was given " 60 serves of shock treatment in six months ".

Read earned his reputation as a hard man first by ripping off drug dealers in Melbourne, then making his living kidnapping and torturing members of the criminal underworld. Matthew Wade blasts Australia into World Cup final.