Mark Chapman, the murderer of the Beatles member John Lennon, 40 years after the crime, apologized to the widow of musician Yoko Ono for what he had done. The Daily Mirror writes about this on September 22.
According to the newspaper, in August, during a speech before the parole board, 65-year-old Mark Chapman said that he shot Lennon outside his New York apartment in 1980 “for glory” and that he deserved the death penalty.
“It was an extremely selfish act. I’m sorry that I hurt her (Yoko Ono). I think about it all the time, ”the prisoner said. According to the convict, he killed Lennon not because he disliked him, but to become famous.
In August, Chapman was denied parole for the 11th time. The reason was that officials considered the release incompatible with “the welfare of the community” after Chapman expressed regret over the “composure” of the murder.
The convicted person will be able to submit a new application only in August 2022. In 2018, the council said Chapman’s release was “incompatible with the welfare and safety of the community.”
On December 8, 1980, a criminal shot the musician in the back as he and his wife Yoko Ono were returning from the Hit Factory recording studio in New York. Lennon died on the spot from blood loss. Chapman did not escape, and during his arrest by the police he read a book.
The court found the killer sane and sentenced him to life with the right to apply for parole after 20 years.