Double killer Kenneth Noye, who stabbed a man to death in a road rage attack, is expected to learn this week if he is to be released from prison, it has been reported.

The 68-year-old career criminal, who was locked up in 2000 for the knifing of 21-year-old Stephen Cameron at the M25 Swanley Interchange, is now eligible for parole after serving 16 years of a life sentence.

Noye could be freed as early as today, according to national newspaper reports.

Mr Cameron was stabbed in the heart and liver as his fianceé, 17, screamed for help.

The killing triggered an international hunt for Noye, who went on the run to Spain after previously serving a 14-year jail sentence for his part in a Brink's-Mat bullion robbery in 1983.

Stephen’s parents Ken and Toni, both 69, told the Mirror that waiting for the decision had been “agony”.

Ken said: "The last few months have been absolute agony for us. They delayed it in the Spring and we wondered why - then they put it back again.

"Why do they keep dragging their heels? Of course we don’t want him to come out of prison.

"But we know he will come out eventually. But all this uncertainty has got to us.

"It’s constantly on our minds - is he going to get out? If he is, then we just need to know so we can prepare ourselves.

"We have been in complete limbo - we would rather know sooner than later. It’s really affecting us. We’re not getting any younger.

"We want this resolved - we’re suffering all over again because of this."

Noye is currently at Category C Wayland Prison in Griston, Norfolk.