M25 road rage murderer Kenneth Noye, 71, WILL be freed from jail after 19 years - as his victim's 'devastated' father blasts 'kick in the teeth' decision and says: 'Life should mean life' By Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 13:08 BST, 22 May 2019 | Updated: 13:40 BST, 22 May 2019 77 Viewcomments Notorious road rage killer Kenneth Noye is to be released from prison, the parole board confirmed today. The former gangster, 71, has served nearly 20 years for stabbing Stephen Cameron, 21, to death on an M25 slip road near Swanley, Kent, in 1996. The cold-blooded murder took place in front of Mr Cameron's 17-year-old fiancée Danielle Cable while Noye was out on licence from a previous prison term. The Parole Board today confirmed his release has been approved after it decided he is no longer a 'significant risk to the public'. The decision means Noye will walk free from Standford Hill open prison in Kent in the next few weeks. Kenneth Noye, pictured last year outside an open prison, is to be released from prison Noye stabbed 21-year-old Stephen Cameron (left) to death on a slip road to the M25 in Swanley, Kent, in 1996. Noye then went on the run in Spain The victim's father Ken Cameron, 72, said Noye should die behind bars. He said: 'I'm totally devastated. I can't believe they have made this decision. Life should mean life. 'I hoped this day would never come. I sort of knew it was coming, though - I was almost resigned to it. But it is still a complete kick in the teeth. 'He is going back on the streets when he should spend the rest of his days behind bars. 'Stephen was denied a life by Noye on May 19, 1996 when he left him lying in the gutter. And we are the ones who have had to live a life sentence. There isn't a day we don't think of Stephen.' Mr Cameron added: 'He can now go and live the rest of his life as a free man while our family still grieve for Stephen every day. 'I'm sure he'll head off to a nice little bolt hole in Spain somewhere and live the good life.' Mr Cameron's parents Ken and Toni outside court in 2000. Mrs Cameron has since sadly died Former career criminal Noye, once acquitted of murdering a policeman after claiming self-defence, has been at Standford Hill open prison in Kent for the past 18 months - just 30 miles from his victim's father. Justifying the decision to release him today, a spokesman for the parole board said: 'We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Kenneth Noye following an oral hearing. 'Parole Board decisions are solely focused on whether someone would represent a significant risk to the public after release. 'The panel will have carefully looked at a whole range of evidence, including details of the original evidence and any evidence of behaviour change. We do that with great care and public safety is our number one priority.' In 1985, Noye stabbed to death Detective Constable John Fordham in the grounds of Kent mansion. He was cleared of murder. But the following year he was jailed for 14 years for handling gold bullion stolen in the infamous 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery. Twice refused parole, he was freed in 1994. Noye pictured in custody in the UK after his arrest in Spain over the M25 murder After the 1996 M25 attack, Noye fled, arranged for the Land Rover he was driving to be disposed of, and flew to Spain where he lived under a false name until his arrest in 1998. When he was convicted of murder in 2000, he was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years. Ex-Flying Squad head Barry Phillips said: 'If people look at what Noye has done in his life, and the trail of death and human misery he has left behind him, they will perhaps conclude he should stay behind bars for the rest of his natural.' Gangster jailed over Brinks Mat gold killed months after his release Kenneth Noye, born in Bexleyheath, South London, had dabbled in crime while still at school, running a protection racket and stealing money from his local Woolworth's. Aged 19, he was sent to Borstal for receiving stolen goods. He spent his 20s immersed in the underworld and was later convicted of theft, handling stolen goods, importing a firearm and fraudulently evading VAT - but was given only a suspended sentence. Detective Constable John Fordham was murdered in January 1985 He first came to public attention in the 1980s when he was charged with the murder of Scotland Yard detective John Fordham. DC Fordham was hiding in the grounds of Noye's Kent mansion in a surveillance operation by officers investigating the £26million Brink's-Mat bullion robbery in 1983, in which a gang stole gold, diamonds and cash. Despite knifing the policeman ten times, Noye told his 1985 trial he had acted in self-defence. He claimed he heard his dogs barking, went outside carrying a knife and only acted in 'panic and fear' after he was hit on the head. The jury cleared him of murder. Noye, pictured at the time, and, right, in the disguise in which he fled to Spain The following year, he was convicted of handling Brink's-Mat gold and jailed for 14 years. The court heard Noye melted the gold down to sell it. In 1995, a year after his release, Noye agreed to return £3million believed to be part of the proceeds of the raid. Loss adjusters traced the money to bank accounts in Britain and Ireland. The next year he was involved in the road rage killing of Stephen Cameron on an M25 slip road near Swanley, Kent. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility