A FEDERAL jury yesterday ruled against a man who says he helped The Sopranos creator David Chase develop ideas for the hit HBO mob drama.

Sopranos creator David Chase said he felt “absolutely sick” when he learned a former judge was trying to take credit for the popular mob drama which he described as “me, my mother, my uncles”.

A lawyer and his son faced jail today for sending a man a deadly snake in the post – after a row about a car repair bill.