Kenneth Noye, the man convicted of the road rage murder of Stephen Cameron on the M25 in 1996, has been given the opportunity to argue for his release at a parole hearing. The 67-year-old is serving a life sentence for the killing, which occurred on a slip road at Swanley in Kent. He was extradited from Spain and convicted in 2000.
The victim's mother, Toni Cameron, expressed devastation at the news, saying the family would write to Home Secretary Theresa May to oppose his release. 'We're absolutely devastated about it because we think life should mean life. Our son hasn't got a life and obviously it brings it all back, it opens up wounds,' she told BBC Radio Kent.
Noye is one of Britain's most notorious criminals, having been involved in the £26m Brink's Mat bullion robbery in 1983. In 1985, he stabbed undercover police officer John Fordham to death in the grounds of his Kent home, but was cleared of murder on the grounds of self-defence. He was jailed for 14 years for handling stolen bullion.
After his release, Noye murdered Stephen Cameron during a fight on an M25 slip road, using a knife he kept in his car. He fled to France by helicopter with cash, but was arrested in Spain in 1998. The Parole Board stated that a panel can only direct release if satisfied it is no longer necessary to detain him to protect the public.
