The parents of murdered road rage victim Stephen Cameron were "over the moon" today after killer Kenneth Noye lost his High Court appeal.

Ken and Toni Cameron have spent an agonising week waiting to hear the result of Noye's latest appeal hearing.

They have feared he could be given a re-trial forcing them to have to re-live their son's death all over again.

But the couple said they were overjoyed at the news that Noye will remain in jail until the end of his term.

Delighted Ken, 64, said at his home in East Anglia, said: "This is such a relief. We are absolutely over the moon.

"I didn't get any sleep last night and was up at 4.30am pacing up and down.

"We have been on tenderhooks for the last few weeks. I had this fear at the back of my mind that he could get a re-trial. It has been so stressful.

"But we are delighted that his appeal has been turned down.

"That man drove away and left our son to die in the gutter with no compassion or thought for him.

Audio: Ken Cameron speaks of his relief

"He deserves what he got. He murdered our son and he has got to pay the price for it.

"But we were so worried he would get out of jail."

Ken, 64, and wife Toni, also 64, have lived in East Anglia for the past nine years as they have tried to re-build their lives since Stephen's murder.

They lived in a bungalow in Swanley, Kent - close to where electrician Stephen, 21, was stabbed to death by Noye on the interchange of the M25 in 1996 as he went to buy bagels with his fiancee Danielle Cable on a Sunday lunchtime.

Ken was informed by Kent Police detectives of the appeal decision - officers who have become close friends with him and Toni since the initial investigation.

The couple have eight grandchildren from their two daughters and other son Michael and two foster grandchildren from when Ken and Toni fostered youngsters.

But Ken said: "There is not a day goes by when we don't think of Stephen.

"Of course we want to get on with our lives. This happened 15 years ago but every time Noye tries to appeal, it rips our guts out.

"We will never forget Stephen.

"That man has denied us a wedding with Stephen, grandchildren with Stephen. He has taken so much away from us.

"I fear that Noye will now go to Europe to appeal this decision. I really hope he doesn't.

"If it was self defence, as he has claimed - why did he go back to his car and pull a knife and go back to stab Stephen. If he feared for himself, why didn't he just get in his car and drive off?"

Ken and Toni regularly tend to Stephen's grave in the parish church in Swanley, Kent where he was buried.

Toni, a nurse, added: "We constantly live with a broken heart. It is something we will never get over."