Mark David Chapman, the disturbed man who shot dead former Beatle John Lennon, is up for parole for the seventh time, with a decision expected later this week, prison officials announced.

The hearing is set to begin today and will last two to three days, New York State prison service spokesman Linda Foglia added.

Chapman, 57, was sentenced in 1981 to between 20 years and life in prison for Lennon’s murder on December 8, 1980, as the legendary singer-songwriter was walking with his wife Yoko Ono to their home at the Dakota building near New York’s Central Park.

Chapman, who was mentally unstable and 25 at the time, had staked out the musician’s apartment building.

Earlier in the day, the music icon had even autographed a copy of his latest album, Double Fantasy for the man who would kill him.

Chapman eventually pleaded guilty to the murder and is currently being held at the Wende maximum security prison in Alden, New York.

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