Watch in full: Serial sex attacker Simon Levy jailed for whole life for double murder
Her kindness, her smile and the love she shared so freely will stay with us forever.” Ms Wilkins’s sister Lindsey Hicks told the court that Levy “destroyed our…
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His prolific sexual offending spanned 2018 to 2025. British Transport Police arrested Levy in November 2024 for sexual assaults on the Tube. Simon Levy was convicted last week for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, and the rape and near-fatal suffocation of a third woman Detective Chief Inspector Neil John spoke outside the Old Bailey after Levy was found guilty Sheryl Wilkins was murdered by Levy on August 28, 2025.
Furthermore, Less than two weeks after a hearing on 11 August, he murdered Ms Wilkins. Levy was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault in a separate trial at Inner London Crown Court earlier this year. Following Ms Valencia-Trujillo’s death, Levy was released on bail at two magistrates’ court hearings in May and June 2025.
In addition, The murders of Ms Valencia-Trujillo and Ms Wilkins over eight months in 2025 were interspersed with sexual assaults on six women on the Tube and Overground. The murders came after Levy subjected a third woman to a brutal sex attack in January 2025. Addressing the defendant, the judge said Levy was being sentenced for a series of attacks upon “vulnerable women”. “You are clearly someone who ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal sexual satisfaction,” he said.
Moreover, Sheryl Wilkins (Family handout/Metropolitan Police/PA) PA Media During the murder trial, prosecutor Tom Little KC said “predatory” Levy targeted Ms Wilkins, Ms Valencia-Trujillo, and the third woman who survived, knowing they were vulnerable as street sex workers with drug addictions.
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His prolific sexual offending spanned 2018 to 2025.
reliability low1/4 sourcesBritish Transport Police arrested Levy in November 2024 for sexual assaults on the Tube.
reliability low1/4 sourcesSimon Levy was convicted last week for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, and the rape and near-fatal suffocation of a third woman Detective Chief Inspector Neil John spoke outside the Old Bailey after Levy was found guilty Sheryl Wilkins was murdered by Levy on August 28, 2025.
reliability low1/4 sourcesLess than two weeks after a hearing on 11 August, he murdered Ms Wilkins.
reliability low1/2 sourcesLevy was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault in a separate trial at Inner London Crown Court earlier this year.
reliability low1/2 sourcesFollowing Ms Valencia-Trujillo’s death, Levy was released on bail at two magistrates’ court hearings in May and June 2025.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe murders of Ms Valencia-Trujillo and Ms Wilkins over eight months in 2025 were interspersed with sexual assaults on six women on the Tube and Overground.
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The murders came after Levy subjected a third woman to a brutal sex attack in January 2025.
according to The Independent - UK NewsAddressing the defendant, the judge said Levy was being sentenced for a series of attacks upon “vulnerable women”. “You are clearly someone who ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal sexual satisfaction,” he said.
according to The Independent - UK NewsSheryl Wilkins (Family handout/Metropolitan Police/PA) PA Media During the murder trial, prosecutor Tom Little KC said “predatory” Levy targeted Ms Wilkins, Ms Valencia-Trujillo, and the third woman who survived, knowing they were vulnerable as street sex workers with drug addictions.
according to Evening Standard - NewsJudge Mark Lucraft KC sentencing Simon Levy (PA Video) PA Wire But she was not formally interviewed until after Levy had killed twice, in a catalogue of justice system failings that meant Levy was repeatedly set free on bail despite a growing number of attacks on women.
according to Evening Standard - NewsIn February this year Levy was convicted of carrying out 11 sexual assaults between April 2022 and May 2025 in a prosecution which was kept secret for fear of prejudicing his subsequent murder trial which ended last week.
according to Daily Mail +1But even in jail he continued to target women, groping a prison officer in 2022.
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Less than two weeks after a hearing on 11 August, he murdered Ms Wilkins.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideLevy was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault in a separate trial at Inner London Crown Court earlier this year.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideFollowing Ms Valencia-Trujillo’s death, Levy was released on bail at two magistrates’ court hearings in May and June 2025.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideThe murders of Ms Valencia-Trujillo and Ms Wilkins over eight months in 2025 were interspersed with sexual assaults on six women on the…
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideHe suffocated both women in sexually motivated attacks, with Ms Valencia-Trujillo found in a largely abandoned block of flats on the…
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