Kenneth Noye: Parole board decision due later this month

Kenneth Noye fled to Spain after he murdered Stephen Cameron in 1996

Notorious criminal Kenneth Noye will not find out if he is to be released from jail on licence for about two weeks, the parole board has said.

He was jailed for life for the road rage murder of 21-year-old Stephen Cameron in 1996 during a fight on an M25 slip road in Kent.

The parole board held a hearing this week to consider Noye's release from Wayland Prison in Norfolk.

A spokesman said no decision would be made until 22 September.

The 68-year-old could be out of jail by the end of the year if the board decides he is fit to be released.

He was due to be granted hearings earlier this year but they were cancelled.

Brink's-Mat raid

Noye fled to Spain after he killed Mr Cameron but was extradited later and convicted in 2000.

He became one of Britain's most notorious criminals because of his involvement in the £26m Brink's-Mat raid in 1983 - one of the UK's biggest robberies.

Six armed men posed as security guards and stole 6,800 gold bars from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport.

During the police investigation in 1985, Noye stabbed to death undercover officer Det Con John Fordham in the grounds of his mansion in West Kingsdown, Kent.

Noye was cleared of murder but jailed for 14 years for handling stolen bullion.

The parole board can decide he is fit to be released from jail on licence or recommend that he is moved to a low category open prison.