Beaming Princess of Wales watches a young boy backflip during St David's Day Mike Tindall's latest money-making scheme! Speaking for the first time in the December 2013 issue of, "We walk the same, talk the same but I'm not going to follow in his footsteps," Charlie says. Neighbours revival cast: Who will be in the new season? Is it the goriness? Hobart forensic psychiatrist Ian Sale found him a fascinating character and was saddened by news of his death. And it was a missed opportunity to tell the truth about it all, author and journalist Adam Shand argues in a new book,The Real Chopper: The Man Behind The Legend. 'He would run a dozen different versions in books, shows and interviews, all of them factually impossible, of how they had slain the monster of D Division'. In his last interview Read, who died from liver cancer this month, claims to have "rubbed out" Sidney Michael Collins in New South Wales in 2002. Mark ``Chopper'' Read was jailed at Risdon for five years after shooting former bikie boss Sidney Collins at Evandale in 1992. . Furious motorist is fined 650 after council worker paints disabled bay around his parked car. He died in hospital. I couldn't understand," he told Brown. Mark "Chopper" Read, better known by the Family name Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, was also popular a Singer/Rapper . Chopper Read claimed in his final interview he killed union heavy Desmond Costello (pictured left), Sammy The Turk (centre) and bikie boss Sidney Collins (right). 'That's what it's all about, the last interview, the last picture show,' he said. Mark Chopper Read was sentenced to eight years in Hobarts Risdon Prison in 1992 for attempted murder after shooting Mr Collins, an associate, in the chest. log in. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. 'He would run a dozen different versions in books, shows and interviews, all of them factually impossible, of how they had slain the monster of D Division'. It quickly became a confessional in which he admitted in graphic detail to murdering four men. The ending seemed so perfect. Dixon said Read once raised the separate Collins case after they did a public speaking show together in Weipa in 2008. '', He added: "We stuck him in a hole, and filled the hole in. "I did exactly what I'd like to do in real life: pulled out a gun and shot Sid in the head," he wrote. It was all made up and he was now trapped in his lies, trapped in his creation, Chopper Read. Read and Cassar remained married until Australia's most notorious criminal died from terminal liver cancer in 2013. 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Prince Harry boasts about finding 'freedom and happiness' and jokes about reincarnation in unseen TV Behind-the-scenes at fashion week with the Spencers! . And while the extent of his biggest crimes are questionable, many of his bizarre antics were the stuff of truth. A 2002 Sydney cabaret audience is in peals of laughter and applause as Chopper spins yarns on incidents in Melbourne's 1990s and beyond. Underworld standover man and executioner Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read was released from Pentridge Prison in November, 1991, vowing never to return. Update: Crime figure and author Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read has died aged 58, his manager has confirmed. 'His story doesn't match (the facts) at all,' Mr Shand told Daily Mail Australia. Really he was just giving people what they wanted. We'd shoot at the gun club sometimes and we'd walk everywhere together. Notorious underworld figure Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read died on October 9 following a long battle with liver cancer. Chopper, with Eric Bana in the title role, detonated on our screens 20 years ago. The untold story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, Australia's most notorious gangster. Read wrote a series of semi-autobiographical fictional crime novels and children's books. Also, Im laughing at the person talking about doing their research and then going on to talk about Chopper dying in prison, that was funny. Read got a fellow inmate to chop his ears off to get out of maximum security. Jackson yesterday said he was with Read and two other men in a Tarago on the way to Roxby Downs in South Australia when police phoned Read about Collins. (contributed). "We were in Casino, New South Wales, doing a talk night, me and Jacko doing a talk night,'' Chopper said. Read joined the Surrey Road Gang and was soon a well known street fighter. Megan Gale is making a return to the catwalk thanks to one iconic brand, I'm a celebrityget me out of here! Chopper claimed he beat the man repeatedly before hanging him in his cell with his bed sheets. Mark Brandon Read. He earnestly declared that he would confess to four murders, no more, no less. By In his 60 Minutes interview, Read said he caught up with Collins and shot him dead "because he was an absolute turd". In Melbourne Read reunited with Cassar, the pair married and went on to have a son together who they named Roy. host: ITV boss who 'forced out Piers Morgan' Police inspect burnt items as hundreds of officers and volunteers with sniffer dogs scour parkland for From nightmares to candy cravings, the seemingly innocuous habits in children that may be early warning What you need to know about new number plates on cars being sold across the country TODAY. The confession was less of a surprise than the denials. During his time behind bars, he inflamed a gang war inside Pentridge Prisons infamous H Division. Career criminal Mark Chopper Read has confessed murdering four people, including missing Queensland bikie boss Sidney Michael Collins, in the last interview before his own death. We deep dive, on Mamamia Out Loud. And now . Collins, a member of the Black Uhlans, was reported missing by his son on September 1, 2002. 'He told people he never cut people's toes off with a pair of boltcutters. He heard they were after him and rocked up at his house where his son and sister-in-law were at the time and told Syd to go with him. Police announce $500,000 reward over suspected murder of Queensland woman,Queensland Police have offered a $500,000 reward in an attempt to get more information about the suspected . 'I would say there's about ten per cent truth,' he said. Read was charged with murder over Ozerkam's death outside a St Kilda nightclub in 1987, but was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. he had dealings with some of the worst bloody criminals, particularly in Victoria, because if someone did a stick-up, he wanted some of the bloody takings.''. As it turns out it was Bob Coad who got Collins to turn on Read as he interviewed him at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Chopper loved his criminal past! Then, after the initial 28 days it is $28 billed approximately 4 weekly. REST IN PIECE UNCLE MARK we miss you and love you still, Hey sweetheart, ( Tanya ) .. CHOPPER Read's Tasmanian son Charlie is no longer a little boy - now 21 and the spitting image of his dad. He had something of a lonely childhood - his mother, a devout Seventh Day Adventist, was a 'religious zealot'. To upgrade, call 1300 MY NEWS (696 397), As a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member youll get unlimited digital access to every story online, insight and analysis from our expert journalists PLUS enjoy freebies, discounts and benefits with our +Rewards loyalty program. After years of talking up his violent ecapades, Read began to deny most of them one by one. He was a good dad then. After 60 Minutes went to air, I followed up with the family of Greg Cowie, the boy that paedophile Reg Isaacs had raped and murdered in 1974. Adam Shand writes: 'He had never chopped anyone's toes off with a set of boltcutters, nor had he ever applied a blowtorch to anyone's feet. 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