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'Glamorised' road rage killer Kenneth Noye role is axed from second series of BBC bullion drama The Gold
The BBC have axed gangster Kenneth Noye from the second series of The Gold - its hit drama about the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery. This follows criticism that the series glamorised the killer.
The corporation came under fire for portraying Noye – who went on to murder a 21-year-old in a road rage attack 13 years after the robbery – as a 'handsome class warrior' . The corporation came under fire for portraying Noye (pictured) – who went on to murder a 21-year-old in a road rage attack 13 years after the robbery – as a 'handsome class warrior' A friend of Noye, who was released from jail in 2019 after serving 19 years from Cameron's murder, claimed the gangster was 'over the moon' with Lowden's portrayal, and that people now approach him in the street and ask to shake his hand.
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