Kenneth Noye has spoken out about the stabbing of Stephen Cameron for the first time since his release from prison in 2019, saying that Cameron's bereaved girlfriend Danielle Cable has nothing to fear from him as she was forced into witness protection.
Speaking in a new book, by Donal MacIntyre and Karl Howman, the M25 killer has said that he is “no risk” to Cable, who at age 17 watched helplessly as 21-year-old boyfriend Stephen Cameron was stabbed in the heart on an M25 slip road.
However, after giving evidence against Noye and seeing him jailed for life with a minimum of 16 years for the murder, Danielle was then placed into witness protection for her own safety.
"She is at no risk from me. I would be happy to assure her of that... It should never have happened. As I walk free, so should she," Noye said, via the Daily Mirror.
The 75-year-old, who is now a grandfather, is also the central character in the drama series The Gold, a series following the £26 million Brink’s-Mat bullion heist he was part of in 1983.
He is portrayed as charismatic by Jack Lowden in the show, however, his true self is shown when he was convicted of handling some of the gold and conspiracy to evade VAT, getting 14 years, he told the jury he hoped they “die of cancer”.
As part of the new book, Noye agreed to sit down with the man who brought him to justice over the heist, former Detective Superintendent Ian Brown.
Noye had been out on licence in 1996 when he stabbed Stephen, subsequently fleeing the country. Police then tracked him down in Barbate, Spain, where Danielle had travelled to with police in a bid to help identify him.
In the trial, the jury heard how Noye was en route to a get-together in his local pub when he stabbed Stephen twice, in the heart and liver. He had cut off the van that Danielle was driving causing a fight between them. Noye, who claims he was unaware he had fatally wounded Stephen, made it to the pub.
In the new book, Noye explained: "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.
"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."
However, she was not the only victim, with Stephen's family never being the same again. Parents Ken and Toni spent the rest of their lives trying to keep Noye behind bars.
In 2015, when it was revealed Noye would be moving to a more open prison to prepare him for release, Ken said: "We wanted him to stay behind bars and pay for what he’s done. He should serve life. He’s never shown any remorse." One year later Toni died, last year Ken took a drug overdose in his retirement home flat in Ashford, Kent.
Stephen was not the only one to die at Noye's hands. He stabbed DC John Fordham in 1985 as officers tried to prove he was involved in handling the stolen gold. Despite knifing him 10 times, Noye was acquitted on grounds of self-defence.
Former Detective Superintendent Nick Biddiss, who led the hunt for Noye after he fled the UK, said: "Noye is a career criminal who has no compunction to use violence. He has killed two human beings.
"In one case he convinced a jury it was self-defence and in the other he tried the same stunt and came unstuck. I got to know Stephen’s parents and it’s sad they are no longer with us. I can assure you they would be appalled at the way Kenneth Noye is trying to reinvent himself.
"In my view he’s a career criminal and is trying to convince people he’s a reformed character. I don’t think that’s ever going to be the case."
Danielle has been living under an assumed identity and only sees her family twice a year.
Biddiss said: "I was told there was a credible threat to her at the time. She was instrumental in making sure he got convicted of murder.
"Kenneth Noye has been out for four years and yet Danielle is still living in witness protection. Is that fair? Of course it’s not."
As part of the book Noye also faced questioning from DS Ian Brown, who gave the go-ahead to place Fordham on the ground as a surveillance officer, along with a colleague.
Ian said: "John’s death was a tragedy of extraordinary proportions. No one could have imagined what would happen."
He added: "There is nobody else left alive who knows the story of Brink’s-Mat apart from Noye. I wanted answers, I wanted to challenge him. It is 40 years since Brink’s-Mat and the two people who know most of it are Kenny Noye and me."
The pair met last June in a studio in Surrey, with Noye arriving first and 83-year-old Ian arriving 20 minutes later. Noye offered a handshake but Ian hesitated before taking it.
"I never thought this day would come," Ian told Noye. "No, definitely not," he replied. Noye claimed to have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice – denying he even touched the gold. But Ian was ready.
"We followed a stolen car from your house and saw it park up and exchange gold. Two and two sometimes does make four. We raid your house and we find gold. What are the odds?"
A Million Ways To Stay On The Run: The Uncut Story Of The International Manhunt For Public Enemy No.1 Kenny Noye, by Donal MacIntyre and Karl Howman, is published by Mirror Books and available via Amazon and all good book shops.
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