Kenneth Noye thought he would get away with MURDER after stabbing road rage victim Stephen Cameron to death
ROAD rage killer Kenneth Noye thought he would get away with murder after stabbing victim Stephen Cameron to death.
Career criminal Noye thought his criminal aliases and a crucial mistake would allow him to escape justice.
Noye knifed Stephen, 21, to death at the Swanley interchange of the M25 in Kent in a fit of road rage in 1996.
The crook, then 48, was brawling with the amateur kickboxer when he pulled out a small knife and repeatedly stabbed him.
Danielle Cable, then 17, watched Noye kill her partner before he calmly walked back to his Land Rover and playing music by singer Dionne Warwick as he pulled away.
Noye then enjoyed a Sunday roast with his family back at his plush home in leafy Sevenoaks.
But when they asked him what happened, Noye told them that he had been forced to use the knife in self-defence because the "Geezer was a nutcase."
KILLER KEN
As Noye enjoyed a dessert of strawberries and ice cream, he told his family how he thought the man he stabbed and his partner were travellers and would not go to the police, the reports.
He also didn't expect any repercussions because his car was registered in a false name, Anthony Francis - an alias.
As the family turned on Sky News after their meal they learned that the victim had died and that police had launched a murder investigation.
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Incredibly, even the news bulletin didn't stop the seasoned gangster from interrupting his Sunday afternoon.
He picked up a friend and then went to a pub.
But the next day Noye was fleeing the country in pal John Palmer's helicopter.
Palmer, nicknamed 'Goldfinger', had helped Noye launder some of the £26m worth of gold bullion stolen in the Brink’s-Mat job.
BRINKS MAT PAST
Noye had taken responsibility for handling the haul of bullion stolen from the Brink's-Mat warehouse near Heathrow in 1983.
The haul, worth around £100m today, was smelted down in the West Country and then laundered.
New BBC drama Gold tells how the Heathrow heist changed the history of British crime. The proceeds of the robbery were ploughed into property schemes from the docklands of East London to Florida and Spain.
The dirty money created a new generation of white collar criminals who cashed in on the 80s property boom.
Noye, a well known south London face, was soon subject to a massive surveillance operation that led police to his door.
This led to a shocking death when Noye stabbed undercover police officer DC John Fordham - but was later acquitted on the grounds of self-defence.
Noye was eventually brought to justice over his involvement in the robbery in 1986 and jailed for 14 years. He was released in 1994, having served eight years in prison.
ON THE RUN
It was natural that Noye turned to Palmer, one of his most trusted associates, after the road rage killing.
Palmer helped smuggle Noye to his 200 acre estate in Normandy, before the two men travelled to Spain.
As Palmer used his wealth and international contacts book to keep Noye on the run, back in London police had a break-through in the case.
The initial investigation had been hampered because the CCTV cameras in the Dartford Tunnel had not been working. But drug dealer Alan Decabral, who witnessed the road rage murder, later provided police with half of Noye's number plate.
The details led police to single out a Land Rover registered to a Anthony Francis.
Th crook was later identified as the chief suspect in the murder investigation during a press conference at Maidstone police HQ.
Noye was now an international fugitive, travelling the world on a fake passport and looking over his shoulder at every turn.
In July 1998, Kent police managed to track Noye down to Atlanterra in southern Spain, and had their man.
BACK ON THE STREETS
The story of Noye's time as fugitive after the 1996 killing is the subject of a new book by Donal MacIntyre and Karl Howman.
Noye has now assured his victim's girlfriend she has nothing to fear following his release from jail.
Danielle was forced into witness protection after giving evidence against Noye.
She gave evidence against Noye at the Old Bailey the following year.
The teen was later given a new name and secret home away from her native Kent.
Noye is now back on the streets and said Danielle is "is at no risk from me".
He told : "She gave honest evidence at the trial. I have no issue with her.
"I am truly sorry for her loss and I am glad she has moved on with her life.
"She may not believe me but I do want to say this. I am not a danger to her in any respect.
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“I was never a danger to her and there was never a million-pound price on her head, as the police suggested. She should be able to fully enjoy her family and friends because there are no threats to her from me – there never was.
“I am devastated at Stephen’s death and the circumstances around it.”
