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Kenneth Noye Confronts Detective at Charity Lunch: A Bizarre Twist
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In an unexpected turn of events,Kenneth Noye,one of Britain’s most infamous gangsters,and ian Brown,the retired Detective Superintendent who once pursued him,engaged in a peculiar confrontation at a charity lunch held at a Kent golf club. Brown was preparing to deliver a talk on the notorious £26 million Brink’s-Mat gold robbery when the encounter occurred.
The Confrontation Unfolds
Brown, who was featured on the Sky News StoryCast podcast, The Hunt For The Brink’s-Mat Gold, recounted being pulled from the stage and informed of Noye’s presence. Noye, known for stabbing an undercover police officer during the Brink’s-mat investigation (though acquitted of murder) and later convicted of the M25 road-rage murder of Stephen Cameron, was reportedly sitting in the corner with a baseball cap pulled low.
Did you Know? the Brink’s-mat robbery, which took place in 1983, remains one of the largest cash robberies in British history, with the majority of the stolen gold still unrecovered.
Brown, upon approaching Noye, quipped, “Thanks for coming, nice of you to pop in, but I don’t beleive you’ve turned up with your sons and grandkids to listen to me telling how you killed a police officer.” Noye’s response centered on ensuring Brown wouldn’t accuse him of drug dealing, a claim Brown denied ever making.
Noye’s Role in the Brink’s-Mat Case
Even though Brown didn’t personally arrest Noye for the brink’s-Mat robbery, he identified him as a suspect shortly after the crime. Years later, Brown interviewed Noye about his role in the robbery for a TV program that
