Parole board says road rage killer can move to open prison

♦kenneth Noye, the road rage killer, could be moved to an open prison after a recommendation by the parole board. The 70-year-old was sentenced to life in prison in April 2000 after being convicted of murdering a man on the M25 in Kent.

A review panel did not direct his release, but has concluded that Noye is suitable to be “transferred to open conditions”. The parole board stressed that the recommendation must now be considered by the Ministry of Justice before a final decision is made. Noye stabbed Stephen Cameron, a 21-yearold electrician, to death in an attack on the M25 in Kent in 1996. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years.

A parole board spokesman said: “We can confirm that a three-member panel has not directed the release of Kenneth Noye, however they have recommended that he be transferred to open conditions. This is a recommendation only and the Ministry of Justice will now consider the advice and make the final decision. “Under current legislation, Mr Noye will be eligible for a further review within two years.

“The date of the next review will be set by the Ministry of Justice.”

The parole board review comes after a High Court judge overturned a ministerial decision to block the murderer being transferred to a less restricted jail.

Noye was one of the country’s most feared gangsters when he stabbed Mr Cameron to death on a slip road of the M25 in front of his girlfriend.