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Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions in court hearings gave Simon Levy chance to attack more women Catastrophic errors left a prolific and proven sex offender free before he murdered two women in London , it can be revealed. On Friday an Old Bailey jury found Simon Levy, 40, guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins five months later. Levy was on bail as a suspect for the first murder when he committed the second, with police saying they lacked the evidence to charge him. Months before his first killing, police had arrested Levy for sexual assaults of women on trains, but made errors that delayed his charging. While on bail he committed more attacks, taking the number to 10 across London.
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Then in January, March and August 2025, Levy, from Tottenham, north London, savagely attacked three women who provided sexual services, and left them for dead. He was charged for most, yet remained free and committed his second murder.
