Fan would attack Lennon’s killer: Yoko

Yoko Ono says John Lennon’s killer should stay behind bars – for his own good.

The widow of the Beatles legend Monday said she asked parole officials to deny freedom for Mark David Chapman because a Lennon supporter might seek to take revenge for the slaying.

“It’s dangerous for him to come out,” Ono said. “Not only for us, but for himself.”

Ono went out of her way to insist Monday she’s not seeking to exact
a pound of flesh from Chapman, who has been behind bars since the 1980
killing outside the couple’s Central Park West home.

“[It's] not so much because of punishment,” she said.

“There are so many people out there who dislike him,” Ono added. “It’s safer for him to stay in jail.”

Chapman, 53, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving 20 years to life at upstate Attica prison.

He’s seeking parole this week for the fifth time.

A
petition signed by 1,000 people opposed his release, along with 50
letters. Three letters were submitted backing his parole request.

Chapman has been enjoying conjugal visits with his wife, Gloria, for at least 16 years.

Chapman
gets to spend 44 hours straight with his wife in a special modular
“private homelike setting,” once a year or more, officials said.

Lennon
was shot four times in the back on Dec. 8, 1980, in the entrance
hallway of the Dakota by Chapman after he had autographed Chapman’s
copy of “Double Fantasy” that night.

Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital at 11:15 p.m.

Ono’s
comments came Monday as she was in the Hamptons promoting “Come
Together,” a show that will look at John’s life through his artwork.

The show, which has been on tour for 16 years, will be exhibited at the Southampton Inn Aug. 22-24.

Over
100 of Lennon’s serigraphs, lithographs, copper etchings and aquatints
will be for sale, with prices ranging from $200 to $20,000.

Most
of Lennon’s artwork was published after he died, and the majority are
signed by Ono, except for a few pieces in Lennon’s “Bag One” series
that were signed by him in 1970.

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