John Lennon's killer spills the beans on the murder
International
-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
The
killer
of
late
rocker
John
Lennon
has
provided
new
insights
into
the
murder
of
the
former
Beatles.
During
his
parole
hearing,
Mark
David
Chapman
admitted
that
contrary
to
reports
in
the
media,
he
did
not
call
Lennon's
name
before
shooting
him,
according
to
the
transcripts.
"I
don't
recall
saying,
'Mr.
Lennon'," Telegraph
quoted
him,
as
saying.
"I
think
that
was
something
the
press
elaborated
on.
That
didn't
happen.
He
didn't
turn.
I
shot
him
in
the
back,"
he
added.
The
53-year-old
former
maintenance
worker,
who
said
that
he
is
ashamed
of
slaying
the
legendary
rocker,
had
started
planning
the
shooting
three
months
earlier
after
seeing
Lennon
on
the
cover
of
the
Beatles' Sgt.
Pepper's
Lonely
Hearts
Club
Band
album.
"I
just
saw
his
face
and
it
seemed
like
it
all
came
together,
the
solution
to
my
problem
of
being
confused
and
feeling
like
a
nobody," he
said.
"And
I
said,
'Wouldn't
it
be
something
if
I
kill
this
individual?
I
would
become
famous,
I
would
be
something
other
than
a
nobody.'
And
that
was
my
reasoning
at
the
time.
I
perceived
him
at
the
time,
and
wrongly
judged
him
to
be
a
phony.
Here
he
is
at
this
ritzy
building
and
he
had
been
singing
of
love
and
other
things
at
that
time,
it
angered
me,"
he
added.