New evidence emerges in the murder case of notorious British assassin Kenneth Noye

Police may reopen an investigation into how the UK’s “Public Enemy Number 1” was able to easily escape and live in Spain for two years.

Kent Police are now looking into a series of sensational tapes explaining how high-profile killer Kenneth Noye was harbored by a leading Spanish-based expatriate timeshare figure.

More than 500 hours of recordings by businessman Mohamed ‘Mo’ Derbah reveal how 75-year-old Noye was flown to France, then to Tenerife and finally landed on the coast near Cádiz, where he hid for 22 months.

Handed over to police by British accountant Paul Blanchard, who worked for Derbah, they explain how the former Brinks Mat robber evaded justice after stabbing boxer Stephen Cameron on the M25 motorway in Kent in 1996.

In a letter to Scotland Yard accompanying the tapes, Blanchard, a former expatriate living in Spain for years, pleads with police to “investigate and obtain justice for Cameron’s family.”

Blanchard told the olive press Derbah had met Noye, through his connections with fellow criminal John ‘Goldfinger’ Palmer, who lived in Tenerife for many years.

“I am delighted that this cold case is finally being re-examined,” he said this week from outside Scotland Yard.

“What Derbah did to help Noye get away with murder is amazing.

“My statements and tapes prove how he used his contacts around the world to harbor a dangerous criminal, who had already killed at least once before.”

Blanchard also reveals in a podcast how Derbah, who had many timeshare connections on the Costa del Sol, moved Noye by private plane and boat immediately after he fled the UK.

Incredibly, Noye managed to evade the police until he was finally located living in quiet Atlanterra, near Zahara, on the Costa de la Luz, from where he was finally extradited two years later.

During his stay in Andalusia, Noye assumed the identity of a builder named ‘Mick’ who lived in Cádiz to evade taxes.

He found a local girlfriend, María, who did not know his true identity, nor that of his wife and two children, who occasionally visited him in Spain.

Eventually the British police found out and in July 1998 two officers flew to Jerez and headed to Atlanterra, finally seeing Noye three days later on his way to his gym.

In a carefully orchestrated sting operation, in conjunction with the Spanish police, he was eventually arrested while having lunch with Maria at a restaurant in Zahara.

Blanchard’s audiotapes, which were recorded with a view to concealing an autobiography of Derbah, “prove that he hid Noye in Spain.”

Noye was eventually tried and found guilty of the murder for which he received a life sentence.

He was finally released in 2019 and has just published a book about his life, written with investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre.

UK Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mike Rowley told the olive press they had received the new evidence and the Kent police would ‘investigate’.

“The investigation into the murder of Mr Cameron was led by Kent Police and we have responded to the letter advising that any related matters would be raised with that force.”

At press time, Kent police confirmed they had received ‘three cassette tapes’ handed over as evidence, but told us: “We believe this is a Spanish police matter.”

the podcast, Kenny Noye: The Lost Tapes, is available online. Donal MacIntyre’s A Million Ways to Stay on the Run is now available.

anthony@theolivepress.es

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