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John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman, has been denied parole for the seventh time, and must wait another two years before he can appeal against his sentence again.
Chapman, 57, was sentenced to 20 years to life imprisionment in 1981 after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of the former Beatles member in New York.
The killer became eligible for parole in 2000 and was last denied parole in September 2010.
He will next be eligible for parole in two years time, according to the New York Daily News.
In the 2010 parole hearing, Chapman admitted killing Lennon "for reasons of selfishness" as he thought it would help him to "become somebody".
Former Beatle John Lennon would have been 72 in October. He was fatally shot by Beatle's fan Chapman outside Lennon's New York apartment on 8 December 1980.
It was reported in March that a new book is due to come out that alleges Lennon suffered from a bulimia problem.
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