This doesn't make for good publicity for the land down under. So Chopper kills him. He even manages to get a transfer out by getting part of his ears sliced off. The fact that he's an insane sociopath somehow manages to get the attention of the media, and he becomes it's darling. Cut to eight years later.
Chopper is released.
The trial is a media circus, and when he DOES finally get sent back to the slammer, he decides to write his memoirs, which makes him even more of a media darling. The film is basically a one man show. Bana is in pretty much every scene and he's brilliant in the role of the loathsome monster. But the problem with the film is that IT'S a bit sociopathic and we're not sure whether auteur Dominik is trying to make Chopper lovable or not despite his faults. It's more of a statement on Chopper's fans than Chopper himself.