Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping a third
Prosecutors said Levy targeted vulnerable women in sexually motivated attacks that continued for years after police and court failings left him free.
- On Friday, Simon Levy was convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins; the judge remanded him into custody and adjourned sentencing until Wednesday, August 12.
- Systemic failures by the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police, and Crown Prosecution Service allowed Levy to remain free to offend; prosecutors failed to oppose bail despite his sexual violence history dating to 2018.
- Prosecutor Tom Little KC called Levy "a predatory serial sexual attacker" who targeted vulnerable women; he suffocated both victims in sexually motivated attacks spanning from March 2025.
- Following the verdict, the Independent Office for Police Conduct served misconduct notices on two officers regarding their handling of Levy, reflecting mounting scrutiny over procedural lapses that enabled his continued offending.
- Detective Chief Inspector Neil John described the case as a "collective system failure" that left victims at risk and appealed for further survivors to come forward, acknowledging justice arrived too late.
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Simon Levy found guilty, while the police "apologized" for their blunder - Concerns about the exact number of his victims
Simon Levy, a 40-year-old Englishman, was found guilty on Friday of murdering two women and raping and assaulting a third. The case is drawing attention because Levy committed the murders while on bail after being arrested on multiple sexual assault charges. British police and prosecutors have admitted wrongdoing and said they should have prevented at least the second murder.
A 40-year-old serial sex offender has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping another at a London court. He killed the second woman just months after he was arrested on suspicion of murdering the first and released shortly afterwards. A jury has now found the man guilty of both murders and another rape.
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The Straits TimesSerial UK sex attacker guilty of double murder, prompting questions for police
A British man was convicted on Friday of murdering two sex workers after sexually assaulting multiple women in London, with police and prosecutors accepting they made errors which allowed him to continue his escalating offences. Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty of the murder of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and of Sheryl Wilkins in […]
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