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20/06/2007
Kenneth Noye to seek appeal against conviction
Convicted murderer Kenneth Noye is going to the High Court in an attempt to get his life sentence overturned.
Noye, 60, was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of Stephen Cameron on the M25 at Swanley in Kent in 1996.
He was extradited from Spain in 1998 in order to stand trial for Mr Cameron's murder and has been held in the special secure unit at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire since May 1999, because he is categorised as an exceptional escape risk.
An appeal the following year was rejected and an attempt by Noye to get his life sentence converted to a fixed term in 2004 also failed.
Noye is now seeking to challenge the Criminal Cases Review Commission's decision not to refer his case back to the Court of Appeal last October.
He is also claiming that UK authorities told him at the time of his extradition that he would not receive a life sentence and says that he has been treated unreasonably and unfairly as a result.
(KMcA/JM)
Noye, 60, was jailed for life in 2000 for the murder of Stephen Cameron on the M25 at Swanley in Kent in 1996.
He was extradited from Spain in 1998 in order to stand trial for Mr Cameron's murder and has been held in the special secure unit at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire since May 1999, because he is categorised as an exceptional escape risk.
An appeal the following year was rejected and an attempt by Noye to get his life sentence converted to a fixed term in 2004 also failed.
Noye is now seeking to challenge the Criminal Cases Review Commission's decision not to refer his case back to the Court of Appeal last October.
He is also claiming that UK authorities told him at the time of his extradition that he would not receive a life sentence and says that he has been treated unreasonably and unfairly as a result.
(KMcA/JM)
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