Road rage killer Noye will be let loose on the streets in just six weeks
Knife murderer in move to open jail
THE dad of road rage victim Stephen Cameron wept yesterday after being told killer Kenneth Noye is to be moved to an open prison.
Noye, 70, was convicted in 2000 of murdering electrician Stephen, 21, and sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years after the M25 attack.
Justice Secretary David Lidington yesterday authorised the Parole Board’s recommendation that the gangster, who also stabbed police officer John Fordham to death in 1985, be moved to open conditions.
It means Noye, previously jailed over 1983’s £26million Brink’s-Mat robbery, could get day release within months and be free in two years.
Stephen’s dad Ken, 70, said: “I’ve had a few tears today. That’s not justice for Stephen. In open prison, Noye will have day trips out and can go home for Christmas. That’s not justice.”
Although Noye repaid £3million he laundered from the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, he is suspected of concealing further illegal profits and is likely to live in luxury when released. Stephen’s mum Toni, 73, died last year. Ken said: “I’m pleased she’s not around to see this. She used to fight tooth and nail to keep him in jail. “I’m gutted. I was told today he’s been a really good boy, has done an anger management course and rehabilitation courses so he doesn’t reoffend. “He says what they want to hear and knows how to play the game because he’s spent half his life in prison. The justice system has let us down. “He had a fight with Stephen, he instigated it but Stephen gave him a hiding so he went back to his car to get a knife. He could have driven off but he decided to go back and murder Stephen. He should be in for at least 25 years.”
Noye went on the run after the 1996 murder and was arrested in Spain two years later. He owned a £500,000 house on the Costa del Sol and his mistress lived in a £150,000 flat he paid for.
An estimated £10million is missing from the Brink’s-Mat job.
The Parole Board recommended Noye be moved to an open jail in 2015 but this was blocked by then justice secretary Michael Gove.
Noye won a High Court challenge against the refusal decision earlier this year, which his barrister argued was “unlawful and irrational”.
He was jailed for 14 years for handling bullion stolen in the Brink’s-Mat robbery and freed two years before Stephen died.
The bloody attack happened in front of Stephen’s fiancee Danielle Cable, then 17. She gave evidence at the trial and now lives under a new identity.
Noye is held at the Mount prison near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He is still suspected of having “close links to the world of serious organised crime”, court documents reveal.
The Parole Board ruled he should go to open prison, despite telling Noye in 2015: “Your main characteristic trait was criminal versatility and that superficial charm, grandiose sense of self, lack of remorse, manipulative behaviour, failure to accept responsibility and poor behaviour controls were partially present.
“Your personality style and emotional management pose the greatest risk at present, especially your need to be in control.”
In 1985, Noye stabbed police officer John 10 times but was cleared of murder after claiming self-defence.