Serial sex attacker guilty of murder of two women in London
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A serial sex attacker has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third in London.
Simon Levy, 40, Beaufoy Road, Tottenham, north London, was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months apart last year.
He was also convicted of two counts of rape, assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and non-fatal suffocation over a brutal sex attack in January 2025, which the victim survived.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC told jurors the crimes were a series of attacks committed by a “predatory serial sexual attacker in a similar way”.
Miss Valencia-Trujillo was found dead in a largely abandoned block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate in south east London in March last year, while Miss Wilkins was discovered behind a car park wall in Tottenham, north London in August.
The car park was also where Levy carried out the January rape, which left the victim unconscious with a broken collarbone.
Jurors heard that Levy was already a registered sex offender. He sexually assaulted two women in 2018 and was jailed in 2021.
After he was released in 2023, he carried on preying on women, and earlier this year was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault in a separate trial at Inner London Crown Court.
Ten of the victims were young women who were using the Tube and London Overground, and the 11th was a prison officer assaulted while he was previously behind bars in 2022.
An Old Bailey jury reached verdicts after deliberating for 13 hours.
Levy, who wore sunglasses in court, made no reaction as the verdicts were delivered and members of the victims’ families wept.
He was out on bail at the time of the most recent attacks, and the Met, British Transport Polilce and Crown Prosecution Service have all admitted failings in how they dealt with Levy.
Speaking outside the Old Bailey, Detective Chief Inspector Neil John, from Scotland Yard, said: “Simon Levy is a dangerous and predatory offender. His crimes were calculated, cruel and deeply disturbing.
“Throughout the trial, he has shown complete disregard for the victims and victim-survivor, despite being fully aware of the lasting and devastating impact of his actions.”
Flanked by members of the victims’ families, he appealed for any more victim-survivors of Levy who have yet to come forward to contact the police.
After Simon Levy’s conviction at the Old Bailey, crime and policing minister Sarah Jones said: “This was a horrifying case. My thoughts are with the families of Carmenza Valencia Trujillo, Sheryl Wilkins and all those who suffered at the hands of Simon Levy. I also want to commend the survivor who bravely came forward and helped bring this monster to justice.
“The fact that Levy was able to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts is deeply concerning. It raises serious questions that require urgent answers.
“It is right that the IOPC (Independent Office for Police Conduct) are investigating how this happened, in addition to internal reviews by the organisations involved. Any failures must be identified and must not be repeated.”