Simon Levy, who has been convicted of two murders, two rapes, a near-fatal suffocation, and 13 sexual assaults, was captured on CCTV leaving his home shortly after 9:30 p.m. on August 23 of the previous year, the night before Sheryl Wilkins, 39, was found dead in a nearby car park. Levy, 40, did not return to his Tottenham residence until the following day.
During his trial at The Old Bailey, footage showed Levy and Miss Wilkins entering a side area of a B&M car park on Tottenham High Road. Police discovered Miss Wilkins' body, a sex worker, face down and covered by a jacket in the car park around 6:30 a.m. on August 24. The court heard that this was the same location where Levy had violently raped another woman eight months prior. Prosecutors argued that Levy had smothered Miss Wilkins in a sexually motivated attack.
Levy also suffocated Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025, and was found guilty of violently raping another woman eight months before Miss Wilkins' murder.
Detectives suspect Levy may have victimized scores of individuals over several years, with his offending escalating from groping women on the London Underground to rape, suffocation, and murder. Despite a record of sexual violence dating back to 2018, British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, and magistrates repeatedly released him on bail. He was granted bail four times, allowing him to continue stalking women on London's transport network.
In 2021, Levy received a three-year jail sentence for sexually attacking two women. While in prison, he groped a female officer in 2022. After being released halfway through his sentence in February 2023, he began targeting women in busy Tube stations during peak hours.
Levy was arrested in November 2024 in connection with two Tube attacks, one of which was recorded by a victim. However, a British Transport Police officer delayed identity checks, extending his bail. Detective Chief Superintendent Pete Fulton acknowledged this as incompetence, stating the officer was overwhelmed by their workload.
When Levy was apprehended, he was carrying a stolen TfL staff Oyster card, which was mistakenly returned to him by police, enabling him to travel freely across London. On January 21, 2025, the same night his bail was extended, Levy attacked a sex worker, breaking her collarbone, raping her, and suffocating her, leaving her close to death. Four days later, she identified Levy's home area to the police, but she was not formally interviewed due to withdrawal from drugs.
Levy murdered Miss Valencia-Trujillo on March 17, 2025. Her body was discovered in a stairwell at a disused block of flats in Southwark, with evidence of neck compression and facial smothering. Travel records from the stolen Oyster card placed Levy at the scene. He was arrested on April 1 but released on bail after a post-mortem listed the cause of death as unascertained. Shortly thereafter, British Transport Police extended his bail instead of arresting him for further offenses. He then committed four more attacks on the Underground.
Levy was charged with five sexual assaults on May 2 and held overnight, but magistrates released him again after prosecutors did not oppose bail. The CPS has stated it cannot confirm if the court was informed he was also under investigation for murder. British Transport Police had warned prosecutors that his offending was escalating and that he showed "a total disregard for bail conditions."
Levy subsequently missed several court hearings, but arrest warrants were not issued. In August, he murdered Miss Wilkins. Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth described Levy as "a prolific predatory monster" and admitted that collective failures had allowed him to continue offending. He stated that if Levy had been remanded, he would not have been able to commit Miss Wilkins' murder.
The Metropolitan Police have referred themselves to the police watchdog, while British Transport Police indicated their failures were treated as a performance matter. CPS chief prosecutor Lisa Ramsarran apologized, acknowledging that "relevant information was not provided to the court when bail applications were being considered."