Overview
- A jury at the Old Bailey returned guilty verdicts on Friday finding Simon Levy, 40, responsible for the March 2025 killing of Carmenza Valencia‑Trujillo, the August 2025 killing of Sheryl Wilkins, and a brutal January 2025 rape that a woman survived.
- Judge Mark Lucraft remanded Levy in custody with sentencing adjourned to 12 August, and prosecutors are seeking a whole‑life prison term.
- The Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have acknowledged serious procedural failures including magistrates granting bail amid incomplete CPS disclosure, delays in identification parades, missed arrest warrants and errors in tracking Levy’s travel records.
- The IOPC has opened an independent investigation, the Met has self‑referred, and the watchdog has served misconduct notices on officers as campaigners and victims’ groups call for a wider independent or public inquiry.
- The victims were vulnerable women who carried out street sex work and faced drug and housing hardship, a fact activists say highlights gaps in protection for women in public spaces and raises questions about how registered sex offenders are monitored after release.