Kenneth Noye, M25 road rage killer, to get parole hearing

Описание: Road rage killer Kenneth Noye, one of the UK's most notorious criminals, has been given the chance to argue for his release at a parole hearing.

Noye, 67, was jailed for life for the murder of 21-year-old Stephen Cameron in 1996 during a fight on an M25 slip road at Swanley in Kent.

He fled to Spain afterwards but was extradited in 1998 and convicted at the Old Bailey in 2000.

The Parole Board said the case had been referred by the secretary of state.
Heathrow warehouse heist

Noye become one of Britain's most notorious criminals because of his involvement in the £26m Brinks Mat raid in 1983 - one of the UK's biggest robberies.

Six armed men posed as security guards and stole 6,800 gold bars from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport.

The police investigation into the heist focused on Noye's mansion in West Kingsdown, Kent.

It was in the grounds of this house in 1985 that he stabbed to death undercover officer Det Con John Fordham.

He admitted killing the detective in self-defence when he found him in shrubbery at his home.

Noye was cleared of murder but jailed for 14 years for handling stolen bullion.

Two years after his release, he murdered Mr Cameron during the M25 slip road fight with a knife he kept in his car.

His dying words to his partner Danielle Cable were: "He stabbed me, Dan. Take his number plate."

Noye fled to France in a private helicopter with a bag full of cash the day after the stabbing, but was arrested in Spain in 1998 and extradited to the UK for trial.

A Parole Board spokesman said the panel could only direct the release of a life sentence prisoner if it was "satisfied that it is no longer necessary for him to be detained in order to protect the public from serious harm".

"Each case is assessed on its own individual merits," he added.

A range of prison and parole staff reports will be considered before the board makes a decision on whether he should be released.

If it decides that Noye is fit for release then its decision is final.

It can also recommend that he is moved to a low category open prison, but this would be open to challenge.

The Parole Board is due to make its decision in April.