Simon Levy, a serial sex offender being monitored by London’s Metropolitan Police, has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third in the capital. The Old Bailey jury convicted the 40-year-old man after a trial in which prosecutors said he attacked three vulnerable women involved in street sex work to fund drug addictions. Levy will be sentenced next week after the court adjourned sentencing until Wednesday 12 August. Levy killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025, and then murdered Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months later. He also raped another woman in January 2025, before the murders, in the same Tottenham car park where Wilkins was later found dead. Charges Heard At The Old BaileyJurors were told Levy had a long record of offending against women dating back to July 2018. The court heard that this included an attack carried out against a prison officer in 2022. Levy, from Tottenham, declined to give evidence. He pleaded not guilty to the two murder charges and to two counts of rape, as well as to allegations of grievous bodily harm with intent and non-fatal suffocation relating to the surviving victim. After 13 hours of deliberation, the jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges. In court, members of the victims’ families wept when the verdicts were read out. Levy, wearing sunglasses and a pointed beard, gave no visible reaction. Judge Mark Lucraft KC remanded him in custody. Failings By Agencies AdmittedFollowing the verdicts, the Metropolitan Police, the British Transport Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) all acknowledged shortcomings in how Levy was handled. London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Andrea Simon, said she was “appalled by the litany of failures” in managing a prolific offender. She said scrutiny should extend across every justice agency involved, including opportunities to assess the harm Levy posed and the moments when intervention may have been possible. Crime and Policing Minister Sarah Jones said it was deeply concerning that Levy was able to inflict further harm after being freed by police and the courts, and that urgent answers were needed about why the failures occurred. The Met told the BBC it believed Wilkins’ death could have been avoided without multiple points of failure in dealing with Levy. The force said it did not treat Valencia-Trujillo’s death as a murder even after arresting Levy soon after and finding his DNA on her body, until after he killed again. StreetlightUK chief executive Helena Croft said the case showed the need to treat women in the sex industry as being at risk of serious violence, adding that there were missed opportunities involving frontline services, information sharing and specialist organisations working with women most at risk. Prior Convictions On Tubes And TrainsLevy’s latest convictions come after he was found guilty earlier this year, in February, of sexually assaulting 10 women on London’s Tube and other train services, as well as a female prison officer at HMP Brixton. Those proceedings were previously before reporting restrictions, but details of that trial can now be reported for the first time. The offences included events between April 2022 at the prison and Tube assaults between 24 October 2023 and May 2025. Prosecutors said Levy had already been convicted of sexually assaulting two women in 2018, which is why he was in prison in 2022. The court was told he lost sight in one eye in an attack in May 2024, and later used that to suggest he was unsteady on his feet and that any contact was accidental. Prosecutors also said he sometimes strapped his arm down and used a jumper or hoodie tied around his waist to conceal his hand as he groped victims. During sentencing in June for the Tube attacks, Judge Michael Evans told Levy: “You were on the Tube for one purpose only, to sexually assault women.” Levy received an extended sentence of six years in jail plus three years on licence after being convicted of 11 counts of indecent assault, including an offence against the prison guard in 2022. Oversight, Misconduct And Next StepsThe Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating two Met officers over a decision in August 2024 to downgrade Levy from a high-risk sex offender to a medium-risk level. The IOPC said a police constable was served with a gross misconduct notice and a detective sergeant with a misconduct notice. It will examine how Levy was managed from his first conviction in September 2021 until his arrest in September 2025, including whether action could or should have been taken to prevent reoffending and whether policies and training were followed. The IOPC said the notices mean the officers’ conduct is under investigation, not that disciplinary action will necessarily follow. The British Transport Police said two of its officers have been moved to other roles due to “incompetence” in handling the case, and that procedures have been amended to prioritise linked offences and expediting investigations. The CPS said its actions fell short of the standard victims, families and the public are entitled to expect, including at points when it could have made stronger representations about bail based on the information available. Join the discussion? 8 August 2026
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