Double killer and rapist given whole life sentence

Simon Levy, a 40-year-old serial sex attacker with a morbid fascination for sex, has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder of two women and the rape of a third. Levy, who was on bail and being monitored by the police when he carried out the attacks, was found guilty at the Old Bailey. The victims included 53-year-old Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins, both of whom were murdered in a car park in Tottenham.

Levy was also convicted of raping a third woman in the same location. The judge, Mark Lucraft KC, noted Levy's disturbing internet history and collection of press cuttings about sexual crimes, stating that he appeared to have a morbid fascination with sex, rape, and crime. The Met Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, described the handling of Levy's case as a "whole system failing" and said that police repeatedly put Levy before the courts seeking he be remanded in custody.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the former safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, both expressed their disappointment and called for a multi-agency review of the failures that led to Levy being released.