Double killer Kenneth Noye - who was jailed for stabbing a man to death in Swanley - could be freed after getting a parole hearing. 

Noye, 67, received a life sentence in 2000 for the murder of electrician Stephen Cameron, 21, in a road rage attack.

The career criminal had previously stabbed to death an undercover officer outside his mock Tudor mansion - Hollywood Cottage in West Kingsdown - after the £26 million Brink's Mat bullion heist, but successfully pleaded self-defence.

The news has sparked anger from the parents of one of his young victims.

Stephen Cameron's father Ken branded his son's killer "evil" and said he should die in jail.

He told The Sun: "He left my son dying in the gutter and fled to Spain. I don't believe for a minute he has changed his ways, it's a load of old rubbish. He'll always be a dangerous man.

"Noye should never be allowed out of prison. He is an evil man and has never shown any remorse for what he did."

Noye stabbed Stephen in the heart and liver with a nine inch knife as the electrician's 17-year-old fiance screamed for help following a punch up on the M25 Swanley interchange in May 1996.

He fled abroad, becoming Britain's most wanted man and sparking a massive manhunt. He was eventually tracked down in southern Spain and was extradited back to the UK in 1998.

The gangster stood trial at the Old Bailey where a huge security operation was put in place amid concerns key witnesses and jurors could be intimidated.

He was found guilty and jailed for life, with a minimum of 16 years.

Noye had already become one of Britain's most notorious criminals after he was involved in a notorious gold bullion heist at Heathrow Airport in 1983.

The gang stole 6,000 gold bars, diamonds and cash in what was dubbed the "crime of the century".

Police launched an investigation, which soon focused on Noye's mansion. It was in the grounds of this house that Noye stabbed to death undercover officer Detective Constable John Fordham in 1985.

He was cleared of murder after claiming he had killed the officer in self-defence, but was jailed for 14 years for handling stolen bullion.

Former probation union chief Harry Fletcher told The Sun: "It is unusual for a lifer to be released after the first Parole Board hearing. But it paves the way for their freedom."

However Noye could be freed by the Parole Board this April because his sentence took into account time he served on remand while standing trial.

A Parole Board spokeswoman said: "The Parole Board can only direct the release of a life sentence prisoner if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for him to be detained in order to protect the public from serious harm and, if it is so satisfied, it is required to release the prisoner.

"Each case is assessed on its own individual merits."