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A man with a history of sexual offenses, who was under surveillance by the Metropolitan Police, has been convicted of the murders of two women and the rape of a third in London. Simon Levy was responsible for the deaths of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025, and Sheryl Wilkins, aged 39, five months later. Prior to these murders, he also sexually assaulted another woman in January 2025 at the same Tottenham car park where Wilkins’ body was found.
During the trial held at the Old Bailey, the court learned that Levy, aged 40 and from Tottenham, had multiple past convictions for attacks on women beginning in July 2018. This included an assault on a prison officer in 2022. Throughout the proceedings, Levy chose not to testify but denied charges of the two murders as well as two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent, and non-fatal suffocation regarding the surviving victim. After 13 hours of jury deliberation, he was found guilty on all charges following a majority direction.
The Metropolitan Police admitted to the BBC that lapses in handling Levy’s case contributed to Wilkins’ death, which might have been avoidable. Notably, despite Levy’s arrest shortly after Valencia-Trujillo’s death and the discovery of his DNA on her body, her death was not treated as a murder until Levy committed a subsequent killing. Further details revealed that in February Levy was convicted of sexually assaulting ten women on London’s public transport, including a female prison officer at HMP Brixton. Aspects of this earlier trial have only recently become publicly reportable.
Investigations into the failures of law enforcement have been initiated: officers from both the Metropolitan Police and British Transport Police (BTP) are currently under scrutiny. Two Met officers are being examined by the Independent Office of Police Conduct following their decision in August 2024 to reduce Levy’s risk level from high to medium. Meanwhile, two BTP officers were reassigned due to what was described as “incompetence” in managing the case. Crime and Policing Minister Sarah Jones expressed deep concern over Levy’s capacity to harm despite previous police action, insisting that the shortcomings must be identified and addressed to prevent recurrence. British Transport Police Assistant Chief Constable Charlie Doyle acknowledged missed opportunities to accelerate the investigation and stated that procedural changes have been made to better prioritize linked offenses and expedite handling of repeat offenders. Doyle also suggested that Levy may have further unknown victims and urged anyone affected to come forward
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