Overview
- A jury at the Old Bailey convicted Simon Levy of murdering Carmenza Valencia‑Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and of raping and violently assaulting a third woman, and Judge Mark Lucraft handed him a whole‑life order on 12 August 2026.
- Levy suffocated both murder victims in sexually motivated attacks and was also found guilty of multiple other sexual offences that form part of a pattern of offending from 2018 to 2025, including an earlier 2026 conviction for 11 Tube assaults.
- Investigations by the Met, British Transport Police and Crown Prosecution Service have admitted operational failures that kept Levy free to reoffend, including a delayed identification parade, an Oyster card misidentification, incomplete CPS disclosure to courts, magistrates granting bail, and missed arrest warrants.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct has issued a gross misconduct notice to a Metropolitan constable and a misconduct notice to a detective sergeant and opened an independent probe while the Met, BTP and CPS conduct internal reviews and ask other survivors to come forward.
- Campaigners and officials say the case exposes protection gaps for vulnerable women who sell sex or have drug dependencies, and the outcome is likely to drive urgent changes in risk assessment, bail practice and co‑ordination between police, prosecutors and courts.