In the show, Noye – a self-made builder, smuggler, and fence – takes over the operation of hiding and smelting the gold and turning it into cash. He added: “Unfortunately, the lodge Ladies Night fell after Noye was put in prison on remand. The 20 places booked by him had to be paid for – the other members had to cover the cost.” Wensley Clarkson recognised the character as being based on a real officer, whom he called “the grim reaper of bent coppers”. Clarkson declined to name the real man, though the character is likely based on former Scotland Yard intelligence commander, Ray Adams. He was shot six times in what was a clean, efficient, gangland execution, and the killer has never been found. Since then, there’s been much speculation over precisely why he was killed.

Palmer was shot dead at his home in Essex in June 2015. At the time he was killed, he was facing charges of fraud, money laundering and firearm possession in Spain. What happened to Brian Perry? Solicitor Michael Relton, thought to be the real person behind the character Edwyn Cooper in The Gold, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He is reportedly living in the US. With her close-cropped peroxide blonde hair and flashy clothes, Savage was a focus of the media coverage. Newspapers reported that she was “visibly shaken” when the judge sentenced her to five years. Where is Kenneth Noye now? Following this robbery Brian Boyce went on to be involved in finding justice for the murder of Stephen Lawrence after he retired. Just last year, allegations against Adams were detailed on Dispatches. A representative stated that Adams was exonerated in all investigations. Why did criminals move to Kent?Adams was investigated as part of the 1987 corruption probe, Operation Russell (which saw another investigated officer commit suicide) and was later named in reports on the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation. Lawrence’s family suspected that Adams had links to gang member Clifford Norris, the father of one of the suspected – and eventually convicted – killers. Sources have reported that he is is “over the moon” with how he has been has portrayed, but the family of victim Stephen Cameron have been critical of the decision to portray him as a “loveable rogue”. In May 2019, the parole board announced that Noye was "suitable for return to the community" and would be released from prison within about three months. [64] [65] a b Tony Thompson "Curse of the Brinks-Mat heist claims its latest victim", The Observer, 25 November 2001

And even in this first episode, his discipline in terms of when he took over the flying squad, which he did briefly, the image of the Sweeney all hanging out in pubs and smoking, he was like ‘right, we’re going for runs every lunchtime’. And it obviously lasted about two weeks until Brink’s-Mat came up. I think the Sweeney were delighted that he was off their case. Paul Cheston "Road rage killer Kenneth Noye 'was the victim of an unfair trial'", London Evening Standard, 9 March 2011 Noye was acquitted in 1985 of the murder of a police officer in the grounds of his home, and was convicted in 1986 of conspiracy to handle stolen goods from the Brink's-Mat robbery, sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment of which he served eight years in custody. He was on licence from that sentence when he murdered Mr Cameron. Noye was released on licence from the murder sentence in 2019. Noye was acquitted of DC Fordham’s murder on the grounds of self defence, but was found guilty of handling some of the stolen gold in July 1986 and jailed for 14 years (and yes, he did shout ‘I hope you all die of cancer’ to the jury as he was taken away, as shown in the TV series).Noye had joined the Freemasons Hammersmith Lodge in the hope of forging influential links that might prove useful during his criminal activities as a fence for stolen property. In the series, John Palmer is mostly responsible for this operation from his Bristol-based gold merchant, Scadlynn. Another book on the crime, Death Warrant by Will Pearson, credits Palmer’s Scadlynn business partner, Garth Chappell, with much of this process and the paperwork, though the real-life paperwork was less convincing. Indeed, Scadlynn’s paperwork did not stand up to scrutiny: investigators noted that Chappell was buying and selling gold for the same amount – suspiciously making no profit. But Scadlynn was somehow making millions from selling what Chappell claimed was scrap gold. The real Boyce joined the investigation in late 1984. It’s true he was running surveillance and raids at multiple locations on the same day – and that a misstep in either location would raise the alarm along the gold chain. On January 26, 1985 – more than a year after the Brink’s-Mat heist – surveillance officers surrounded Noye’s country pile, the ostentatiously-named Hollywood Cottage, looking to catch Noye and his courier, Brian Reader, with the gold. Kenneth Noye: road rage killer moved to 'holiday camp' jail". Daily Telegraph. 9 September 2011 . Retrieved 13 February 2015.

Davies, Gareth (22 May 2019). "M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye approved for release from prison". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 22 May 2019. Decabral had testified at the trial of Noye at the Old Bailey that he saw the fight between Noye and Cameron on the motorway slip road, and told the jury that he saw Noye "lunging forward" with a knife and stabbing Cameron, testimony that helped convict him. [44] The defence had attempted to discredit Decabral, saying he was an unreliable witness who created an "edifice of lies" in agreement with police. [44] Kenneth Noye, who attempted to cultivate friends among police officers who were Masons to try to protect himself from prosecution, repeatedly failed to pay his lodge’s subscriptions. Kenneth Noye was put under surveillance by police investigating his role in the Brink’s-Mat robbery. He killed an officer surveilling him, DC John Fordham, but was acquitted by a jury in 1985 on the grounds that he was acting in self-defence.Charlie Wilson, who was also involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, was believed to have laundered some of the Brink's-Mat loot. He was shot and killed (via UPI) at his Marbella villa in 1990.

Noye melted down the bullion and mixed it with copper coins to disguise the source. What happened to Kenneth Noye? The Gold, which concludes on BBC One on Sunday, includes several scenes of Noye cultivating the friendship of a corrupt senior Kent police officer at lodge events, including a Ladies Festival. Savage, along with three others, was convicted in 1992 of laundering Brink’s-Mat proceeds. It followed a dramatic trial, which was dismissed at one point. The retrial was then interrupted when a juror was sent home after her child fell off a cliff.Sources have reported that Noye is “over the moon” with how he has been portrayed in The Gold. However, the family of victim Stephen Cameron have been critical of the decision to portray him as a “loveable rogue”. As recently as 2017, Police Federation chair Steve White warned that Freemasons were obstructing reforms. Though Peter Williams, a retired inspector and senior lecturer in policing, explained that Freemasons are no longer an influence in the police – the result of constitutional changes and increasing diversity in the service. What's happened to the shady officer pulling the strings?