John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman denied parole for 11th time

The man who killed John Lennon has been denied parole for the eleventh time.

Mark David Chapman, 65, shot dead the former Beatles member outside Lennon's Manhattan flat in December 1980.

He is serving a 20-year-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in New York.

His latest parole plea was denied following an interview on August 19, the state’s Board of Parole said.

The reasons for the denial were not immediately available.

He is next scheduled to appear before the board in 2022 and will therefore remain behind bars for at least another two years.

Lennon was 40 when he was shot four times outside the apartment building on December 8, 1980, as wife Yoko Ono looked on.

Chapman, who admitted the murder was motivated by a thirst for notoriety, was first eligible for parole in 2000.

In previous hearings, he told how he was still receiving anguished letters about the pain he caused by murdering a revered musician.

Ono, who married Lennon in 1969, had previously opposed Chapman's release, saying she would fear for her safety and that of Lennon's two sons, Julian and Sean, if he were freed.