Overview
- The Old Bailey heard opening arguments on June 29–30 as prosecutors accused Simon Levy, 40, of raping a woman in January 2025 and of murdering Carmenza Valencia‑Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins later that year.
- Prosecutors told jurors that Levy’s blood was found on a pipe near Valencia‑Trujillo’s body and his DNA appeared on both victims, with Wilkins’ blood detected on a jacket seized from Levy’s home.
- Police arrested Levy and interviewed him about Valencia‑Trujillo on April 1, 2025 before releasing him when her cause of death was recorded as unascertained and then re‑arrested him in September after Wilkins was found on August 24, 2025.
- A surviving woman gave a recorded interview played in court describing being pinned, having her collarbone broken and being smothered and raped in January 2025, later identifying Levy in an identification parade.
- Levy denies the charges and the defence argues the deaths could be drug‑related and that the prosecution’s case relies on coincidence while jurors must weigh forensic links, prior convictions and the unascertained postmortem findings.