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Police and prosecution errors left proven sex offender free to murder two women in London

Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions in court hearings gave Simon Levy chance to attack more women • Violence against women: has anything changed in policing since Sarah Everard’s killing? Catastrophic errors left a persistent 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, after police said they lacked sufficient evidence to charge him. Months before the first killing, police arrested Levy for sexual assaults of women on trains but made errors that delayed charging him.

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Scoop News DeskLondon · Published Friday, August 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM UTCUpdated Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM UTC

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In January, March and August 2025, Levy, from Tottenham in north London, savagely attacked three women who provided sexual services, killing two and leaving one seriously injured. Although charged with most of the offences, Levy remained free and went on to commit his second murder.

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Friday, August 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM UTC
Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions in court hearings gave Simon Levy chance to attack more women • Violence against women: has anything changed in policing since Sarah Everard’s killing? Catastrophic errors left a persistent 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, after police said they lacked sufficient evidence to charge him. Months before the first killing, police arrested Levy for sexual assaults of women on trains but made errors that delayed charging him.
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