The notorious Mark "Chopper" Reid has been popping up round the streets of Melbourne lately. Anyone who knows anything about this versatile Aussie gangster knows that it is not necessarily a good thing.

"Chopper" stencil art, Melbourne.

Chopper hits headlines semi-frequently. He was arrested this week after getting in a fight on an inner city Collingwood street with a man wielding a tomahawk. Recently, attempts have been made to ban a children’s book that Reid wrote a couple of years ago, titled Hooky the Cripple: the grim tale of a Hunchback who triumphs.

Hosier Lane is Melbourne’s most famous laneway for street art, but watch out if you see Chopper, you might just lose an ear for Christmas…

Tags: Chopper, graffiti, Hosier Lane, Mark Brandon Reid, Melbourne, stencil

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