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Kenneth Noye
Kenneth James Noye (born 24 May 1947) is an English criminal and convicted murderer. He was acquitted in 1985 of the murder of a police officer in the grounds of his home, but was convicted in 1986 of conspiracy to handle stolen goods from the Brink's-Mat robbery and sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment, of which he served eight years in custody. In 1996, while on licence, Noye murdered Stephen Cameron during a road rage incident. He was arrested for the murder in Spain after a two-year manhunt and sentenced to life imprisonment. Noye was later released on licence from the murder sentence in 2019.
Kenneth Noye was born in Bexleyheath, Kent (now in Greater London), where his father ran a post office and his mother a dog racing track. A bully while a pupil at Bexleyheath Boys' Secondary Modern School, Noye ran a protection racket with his fellow pupils. He left school at age 15. For selling stolen bicycles after having altered their appearance, among other crimes, he spent a year in a borstal. Noye met a barrister's legal secretary, Brenda Tremain, who later became his wife.
A police informant for many years, Noye had established a relationship with corrupt officers by the time he was arrested for receiving stolen goods in 1977. He became a Freemason in January 1980 after being proposed for admission by two police officers, giving his occupation as "builder." The membership of Noye's Lodge, located in Hammersmith, contained a sizeable proportion of officers. Noye's membership ceased in 1987 after he failed to pay his subscriptions for two years in succession. He was subsequently expelled from the Freemasons when it was discovered that he had a criminal record, according to the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England.
One of Noye's police contacts persuaded a customs official not to target him, while his tipoffs to the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad were reportedly a means to prevent competition from rival criminals. Meanwhile, Noye built up a legitimate haulage business to use as cover. Having initially been refused planning permission for a mansion on a plot of land he owned, he was able to gain consent in a subsequent application shortly after his bungalow on the site was destroyed in a fire caused by an electrical fault.
Active as a fence, Noye was among those involved in laundering a huge quantity of stolen gold bullion taken during the Brink's-Mat robbery on 26 November 1983. While he was being investigated for his involvement in the crime, Noye fatally stabbed Detective Constable John Fordham, who was involved in the police surveillance of Noye, in the grounds of his home on 26 January 1985. Acquitted of murder on the grounds of self-defence in December of that year, he was found guilty in July 1986 of conspiracy to handle some of the gold, and of a conspiracy to evade VAT. After his conviction in court, Noye shouted to the jury "I hope you all die of cancer!"
The discovery of the gold had surprised the six-man robbery crew, as they expected to find £3 million in cash; their contacts had no experience of dealing with gold, let alone 6,800 bars worth £26 million in 1983. Mick McAvoy, one of the thieves, had asked Brian Perry to conceal the gold he had received, and it was Perry who brought in Noye and John Palmer, subsequently nicknamed "Goldfinger"; Palmer was acquitted in 1987 of knowingly handling gold from the robbery.
Noye had melted down much of the gold he had received and mixed it with copper coins in an attempt to disguise its origins, although eleven gold bars from the robbery were found hidden at his home. Sentenced to fourteen years, and fined £500,000 with £200,000 costs, Noye was released from prison in 1994, having served eight years. In a civil action brought by the loss adjusters of Brink's-Mat's insurers, £3 million was recovered from Noye while he was imprisoned.
On 19 May 1996, while on release from prison on licence, Noye was involved in a road rage incident with 21-year-old motorist Stephen Cameron on a slip road of the M25 motorway near Swanley in Kent. Noye stabbed Cameron to death with a nine-inch knife. He then fled the country with assistance from Palmer, who later claimed to have barely known Noye. While Noye was on the run, Detective Constable John Donald was jailed for eleven years for passing confidential information to him.
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Kenneth Noye
Kenneth James Noye (born 24 May 1947) is an English criminal and convicted murderer. He was acquitted in 1985 of the murder of a police officer in the grounds of his home, but was convicted in 1986 of conspiracy to handle stolen goods from the Brink's-Mat robbery and sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment, of which he served eight years in custody. In 1996, while on licence, Noye murdered Stephen Cameron during a road rage incident. He was arrested for the murder in Spain after a two-year manhunt and sentenced to life imprisonment. Noye was later released on licence from the murder sentence in 2019.
Kenneth Noye was born in Bexleyheath, Kent (now in Greater London), where his father ran a post office and his mother a dog racing track. A bully while a pupil at Bexleyheath Boys' Secondary Modern School, Noye ran a protection racket with his fellow pupils. He left school at age 15. For selling stolen bicycles after having altered their appearance, among other crimes, he spent a year in a borstal. Noye met a barrister's legal secretary, Brenda Tremain, who later became his wife.
A police informant for many years, Noye had established a relationship with corrupt officers by the time he was arrested for receiving stolen goods in 1977. He became a Freemason in January 1980 after being proposed for admission by two police officers, giving his occupation as "builder." The membership of Noye's Lodge, located in Hammersmith, contained a sizeable proportion of officers. Noye's membership ceased in 1987 after he failed to pay his subscriptions for two years in succession. He was subsequently expelled from the Freemasons when it was discovered that he had a criminal record, according to the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England.
One of Noye's police contacts persuaded a customs official not to target him, while his tipoffs to the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad were reportedly a means to prevent competition from rival criminals. Meanwhile, Noye built up a legitimate haulage business to use as cover. Having initially been refused planning permission for a mansion on a plot of land he owned, he was able to gain consent in a subsequent application shortly after his bungalow on the site was destroyed in a fire caused by an electrical fault.
Active as a fence, Noye was among those involved in laundering a huge quantity of stolen gold bullion taken during the Brink's-Mat robbery on 26 November 1983. While he was being investigated for his involvement in the crime, Noye fatally stabbed Detective Constable John Fordham, who was involved in the police surveillance of Noye, in the grounds of his home on 26 January 1985. Acquitted of murder on the grounds of self-defence in December of that year, he was found guilty in July 1986 of conspiracy to handle some of the gold, and of a conspiracy to evade VAT. After his conviction in court, Noye shouted to the jury "I hope you all die of cancer!"
The discovery of the gold had surprised the six-man robbery crew, as they expected to find £3 million in cash; their contacts had no experience of dealing with gold, let alone 6,800 bars worth £26 million in 1983. Mick McAvoy, one of the thieves, had asked Brian Perry to conceal the gold he had received, and it was Perry who brought in Noye and John Palmer, subsequently nicknamed "Goldfinger"; Palmer was acquitted in 1987 of knowingly handling gold from the robbery.
Noye had melted down much of the gold he had received and mixed it with copper coins in an attempt to disguise its origins, although eleven gold bars from the robbery were found hidden at his home. Sentenced to fourteen years, and fined £500,000 with £200,000 costs, Noye was released from prison in 1994, having served eight years. In a civil action brought by the loss adjusters of Brink's-Mat's insurers, £3 million was recovered from Noye while he was imprisoned.
On 19 May 1996, while on release from prison on licence, Noye was involved in a road rage incident with 21-year-old motorist Stephen Cameron on a slip road of the M25 motorway near Swanley in Kent. Noye stabbed Cameron to death with a nine-inch knife. He then fled the country with assistance from Palmer, who later claimed to have barely known Noye. While Noye was on the run, Detective Constable John Donald was jailed for eleven years for passing confidential information to him.