John Lennon 's murderer has been denied parole for the 11th time. Mark David Chapman, 65, will remain behind bars for at least another two years.
It's been almost 40 years since he shot the Beatles star dead outside of his Manahattan apartment in December 1980. He is serving a 20-year-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in New York.
The New York State Board of Parole said Chapman's parole was denied following an interview on August 19. He is next scheduled to appear before the board in 2022.
The reasons for the denial were not immediately available. Lennon was 40 when he was shot in the back four times outside the Dakota apartment building in the Upper West Side on December 8 1980, in front of his devastated wife Yoko Ono.
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