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Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping third

Simon Levy was a serial sex offender who was being monitored by the Metropolitan Police.

Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping third

A registered sex offender named Simon Levy has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third in London. The 40-year-old, who had a history of attacking women dating back to July 2018, killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Sheryl Wilkins five months later in the same Tottenham car park. Levy also raped a third woman in January 2025, before the murders.

During his trial at the Old Bailey, jurors heard that Levy had targeted vulnerable women engaged in sex work on the streets in London. The court heard that the Metropolitan Police failed to treat Valencia-Trujillo's death as a murder, despite arresting Levy soon afterwards, until after Levy killed again. The failure to take appropriate action has raised serious concerns, with Crime and Policing Minister Sarah Jones calling for urgent answers to the questions raised by Levy's ability to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts.

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