The Age Newspaper - May 2, 2007

No priors: Mark "Chopper" Read (second from left) with his support team — manager Andrew Roper (left), lawyer Bernie Balmer and chauffeur Tony Cronin — outside court yesterday.
Photo: Pat Scala |
GANGLAND murderer Carl Williams is a poor ratbag, scared of being hit by a low-flying pocket knife. And the glamorous young women the imprisoned Williams apparently still pulls are just glory-seeking "mental cases". The blunt appraisals come from Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read — convicted killer, former feared standover man and self-mutilator-turned painter, public speaker and charity worker... |