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Mark Chapman thought of killing Elizabeth Taylor and Johnny Carson

Mark Chapman, John Lennon's killer, has said that he considered trying to murder Elizabeth Taylor, or the US chat show host Johnny Carson, but decided the Beatle would be an easier target.

Chapman, 55, has been in jail since shooting Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan on Dec. 8, 1980 in front of his wife Yoko Ono.

In his latest parole hearing this month the killer, details of which have just emerged, Chapman said he chose to attack Lennon because the Dakota building "wasn't quite as cloistered" as spots where he could find other stars on his list.

In the past Chapman has suggested that he also considered killing Paul McCartney, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, actor George C Scott, and President Ronald Reagan.

He was sentenced to 20 years to life in jail for murdering Lennon and is currently held in Attica prison in New York. He became eligible for parole in 2000. His latest parole hearing, which was his sixth, was refused....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)