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fight tooth and nail to keep him in jail.” Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth said there will be anger at the Parole Board’s decision to allow Noye, 70, to move to an open prison just 17 years after being jailed in 2000 for the murder.

He added: “I think the board will have to justify to the public why they felt it was right to allow this man to regain a degree of freedom so comparatively soon after such a despicable crime.”

Electrician Stephen was killed in front of fiancee Danielle Cable, then 17, after he got into a road rage row with Noye on the slip road of the M25 in Swanley, Kent.

Noye, who also stabbed policeman John Fordham to death in 1985 but was cleared of his murder as the officer was hiding on his property, was sentenced to

Kenneth James Noye is born in Bexleyheath, South East London. His father ran a post office and his mother managed a dog-racing track.

Works as a Fleet Street printer until he falls into crime, getting an 18-month suspended sentence for having a shotgun.

Six gunmen burst into the Brink’s-mat warehouse near Heathrow Airport, dousing security guards in petrol life and ordered to serve a minimum of 16 years. There was further outrage as the killer is likely to be released into a life of luxury. Despite repaying £3million he laundered from the 1983 Brink’s-mat robbery, he is suspected of concealing further illegal profits. Ken said: “Where’s his money coming from? He must have money hidden away from all his past crimes. He hasn’t worked for years.”

The Brink’s-mat heist netted £26million in gold bullion and other gems from a warehouse near Heathrow. Around £10million is still missing.

Noye got 14 years for handling stolen

and escaping with 6,800 gold bars, platinum, diamonds and travellers’ cheques – total value £26.3million.

John Fordham, a Scotland Yard detective, is stabbed to death in the grounds of Noye’s home at West Kingsdown, Kent, where he was on surveillance. Noye is later cleared of murder along with Hatton Garden mastermind Brian Reader.

Convicted of conspiring to handle

gold from the Brink’s-mat heist and to evade VAT payments. Sentenced to 14 years and fined £500,000 with £200,000 costs, he “hopes the jury all die of cancer”.

Noye is released – only to murder Stephen Cameron two years later, after which he goes on the run in Spain.

Captured by Scotland Yard and later jailed for a minimum of 16 years.

Authorised for move to open prison.