Viewers have been loving The Gold following the release of its first episode on Sunday, February 12. The new six-part BBC series tells the story of the Brink’s-Mat robbery, which took place in 1983.
The robbery saw six armed men break into a security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport. It was there that the men would stumble across £26 million worth of gold bullion. The majority of said gold has yet to be recovered. John Palmer was allegedly responsible for melting it down. Read more about that here.
One of the men involved in the crime was Kenneth Noye, who’s played by Scottish actor Jack Lowden in the series. Whilst being investigated for his involvement in the Brink’s-Mat robbery, Noye fatally stabbed Detective Constable John Fordham who was involved in the police surveillance of him in the grounds of his home. But what happened to the man that would later become known by tabloids as the ‘M25 killer’? Here’s everything that you need to know.
