Tiny thief cool math8/25/2023 ![]() ![]() “My abiding memory of him is that he was a very tight little fellow and hated parting with any money in spite of the fact that he had millions,” was how the late Jason Coghlan, a former armed robber described him. John “Goldfinger” Palmer, who was acquitted of similar Brink’s-Mat offences – he duly blew a grateful kiss to the jury – was also in reality a fairly ruthless operator, who moved to Tenerife and took advantage of gullible souls, who were conned into investing in timeshare apartments. He is now free and the subject of a new book, A Million Ways to Stay on the Run. What we do not learn is that, having served his bullion sentence, Noye came out of prison and stabbed 21-year-old Stephen Cameron to death in a road rage case in 1996, fled to Spain with a new identity, but was extradited and jailed for life, eventually serving another 18 years. He duly told the jury: “I hope you all die of cancer.” Noye, who is portrayed as a Jack the Lad character, was a cool, calculating customer who, having been acquitted of the murder of the undercover police officer John Fordham was later convicted of handling the stolen goods. ![]() One former colleague of Boyce says: “The casting is spot on. ![]() At the centre of The Gold are the detective Brian Boyce, played by Hugh Bonneville, and Kenneth Noye, played by Jack Lowden. ![]()
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