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Killer pleads not guilty to Belmarsh guard attack
- On Monday, 41-year-old Simon Levy appeared via videolink at Westminster Magistrates' Court to enter not guilty pleas for assaulting a prison guard at HMP Belmarsh.
- Prosecutors allege that on February 18, Levy "attacked him with a pen, stabbing him multiple times to the arm and neck" during a meeting with guard Paul Dunne while in custody.
- After Dunne fell to the floor, Levy allegedly "grabbed the officer around the throat" and tightened his grip, forming the basis for the intentional strangulation charge.
- Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram transferred the case to the Inner London Crown Court with a hearing scheduled for September 14, while defense lawyer Jason Lartey denied the charges.
- Levy, formerly of Tottenham, is serving a whole life prison term handed down last week for murdering grandmother Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and mother-of-four Sheryl Wilkins last year.
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Simon Levy, a 41-year-old Englishman who was sentenced to life in prison last week for the murder of two women and the rape of a third, was charged on Monday with assaulting a prison guard at Belmarsh Prison. He allegedly stabbed the victim with a pen and then tried to strangle him. The incident took place in February.
The violent inmate allegedly attacked a prison guard with a pen and then strangled him. Simon Levy has already been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of two women.
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Total News Sources10
Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Center
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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