Paul McCartney has recounted the day that John Lennon was killed, while giving his estimation of his killer, Mark David Chapman.

Macca said that Chapman, who was once again denied parole over the summer, is the "jerk of jerks."

"I was at home when he died. I got a phone call. It was so horrific. I could not take it in that he was gone," Paul began.

"It was a very big shock. I was so sad that I was not going to see him again. And the guy who did it was the jerk of jerks. He was not politically motivated."

"There was acrimony in the Beatles," he added. "But when he got killed we were friends. We used to call each other up and swap bread recipes."

The 34th anny of Lennon's death was on December 8. He was killed that day in 1980.