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Mark “Chopper” Read once declared: “Sydney may have all the razzle-dazzle, but most of the deadly serious work gets done in Melbourne.” Times have changed.
A young man on an e-scooter zooms past. He is wearing a non-compulsory mask while his compulsory helmet is strapped to the handlebars.
A young man on an e-scooter zooms past. He is wearing a non-compulsory mask while his compulsory helmet is strapped to the handlebars.
A young man on an e-scooter zooms past. He is wearing a non-compulsory mask while his compulsory helmet is strapped to the handlebars.
He quickly moved into crime and was a major heroin importer by the mid 1970s Riley was an associate of Sydney gangsters Lennie McPherson and Neddy Smith His most notorious failed scheme was the 4.5 tonne Anoa cannabis importation He was jailed over a £40million fraud conspiracy in the UK but escaped in 1993 Riley spent the rest of his long life in Queensland avoiding extradition to Britain One of the most colourful chapters in Australian criminal history has finally closed with the death of infamous cop turned crook Murray Riley aged 94. Underworld sources said Riley, who rose to the ra...