Chopper Read |Australia's most notorious criminal met Hector | Hector Classics

'He's a f**king nutcase' is how Chopper Read described Hector after meeting him. Mark 'Chopper' Read, 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. In 2006 he showed Hector the art he was working on and gave him a tour of Melbourne. His life was immortalised in the film Chopper and In the history of criminal Melbourne, no single word has ever imparted as much fear as Chopper. For the bulk of his career, Mr. Read was what is known as a headhunter, robbing and extorting fellow criminals. He says he lived by a moral code that precluded abusing or stealing from civilians.