'Predatory monster' Simon Levy to be sentenced today for murdering two women and almost killing a third amid serial Tube attacks

By REBECCA CAMBER, CRIME AND SECURITY EDITOR Published: 00:28, 12 August 2026 | Updated: 00:30, 12 August 2026 A 'predatory monster' who murdered two women, raped and almost killed a third while he was on bail for multiple sex attacks faces life behind bars today. Simon Levy will be sentenced for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, and the rape and near-fatal suffocation of a third woman. Following his conviction at the Old Bailey last week it emerged that Levy had been preying on women for years, with many of his offences occurring while he was on bail. Earlier this year, the 40-year-old was convicted of 13 sexual assaults between 2018 and 2025. Detectives believe Levy could have been carrying out daily attacks for years, escalating from groping women on the London Underground to rape, suffocation and eventually murder. Now as Levy potentially faces the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of murder and rape, it can be revealed how police and probation missed a monster in their midst. In an appalling betrayal of victims, the convicted sex offender was repeatedly released on bail despite being repeatedly arrested on suspicion of sexual assaults and even murder. Although he had a shocking record for sexual violence dating back to 2018, British Transport Police (BTP), the Metropolitan Police and magistrates all failed to appreciate the danger he posed, releasing Levy on bail four times leaving him free to daily stalk the transport network claiming countless victims. 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 – the killer left her body in the same location as an earlier rape attack, just minutes from his own home While on bail he carried out at least six sexual assaults on the Tube, Levy raped and suffocated a sex worker leaving her for dead before killing two other women in a two-year rampage. In a shocking catalogue of police blunders, it can now be revealed that women had been reporting Levy for rape and sexual assault for almost a decade, but he got away with it time and time again when police and prosecutors failed to put him behind bars. Now there are calls for a public inquiry into the scandal as campaigners say the case makes a mockery of police promises to tackle violence against women and girls in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder by Scotland Yard officer Wayne Couzens. Police, who have described him as a 'predatory monster', believe there are many other women who have not yet come forward. The partially blind offender was first jailed for three years in 2021 for carrying out sex attacks on two women at Notting Hill Carnival and a Camden street party in 2018. But even in jail he continued to target women, groping a prison officer in 2022. When he was released early at the halfway point of his sentence in February 2023, Levy told probation staff that sex workers were frequently offering him services, yet he claimed to never leave his home due to his eye condition. In reality, Levy was still on licence in October 2023 when he started venturing on the Tube for prey, roaming stations across London at peak times when he knew carriages would be packed with passengers, leaving women unable to escape his clutches. Travelling free on the Tube with an Oyster card stolen from a bus driver, Levy tied a jumper around his waist to hide his wandering hand as he grabbed the women around him. Levy was supposed to be supervised by both probation and police ViSOR (violent and sex offender register) staff. But his chilling fascination with rape and murder went unnoticed as the pervert secretly amassed a huge collection of newspaper stories about notorious offenders he lionised like black cab rapist John Worboys, paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and Harvey Weinstein. Levy was arrested in November 2024 for two sex attacks on the Tube, but a blundering BTP officer delayed doing basic ID checks for weeks, opting instead to extend his bail on January 21, 2025. Emboldened, that night Levy committed his first rape. In a brutal attack, he jumped on a prostitute, breaking her collar bone before raping her while he suffocated her with one hand squeezing her neck and another covering her face with a finger down her throat, leaving her near death. On March 17 Levy struck again using the same tactic. The body of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo was found face down in a stairwell of a disused block of flats in Southwark, south-east London. Her neck had been compressed, her face smothered and a pipe smeared with his blood was found beside her. Four days before he was arrested on April 1 over the murder, Levy was still telling police visiting his home as part of routine convicted sex offender checks that he never went out. It was a blatant lie that a simple police computer check would have exposed as Levy was on bail at the time for a series of sex attacks on the Tube. Scotland Yard decided to release him on bail after the cause of the 53-year-old drug user's death was deemed to be 'unascertained' in a post-mortem. Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo was found face down in a stairwell of a disused block of flats in Southwark, south east London A photo taken of Levy during one of his Tube attacks – he carried out at least six sexual assaults while on bail After learning of his arrest for murder, BTP officers procrastinated, deciding to do a risk assessment and extend his bail to May 1, instead of arresting him for further offences on April 3. Levy reacted to the news by accelerating his offending, carrying out four further attacks on the underground before he answered bail on that date. On May 2, he was charged with five sex assaults on the Tube and was remanded in custody overnight. But astonishingly he was released on bail by magistrates even though he was also suspected of murder. Levy failed to show up at court when he was charged with a sixth sex assault charge on June 3, but officers failed to issue a warrant. Three weeks later he was spotted on the underground by a BTP officer and charged with breaching his bail condition by going on the Tube, failing to appear at court and committing two sex attacks at Charing Cross and Westminster station sex attacks. Incredibly when he appeared at court, Levy was granted bail again. He failed to attend further hearings on July 18 and August 11, yet no warrant was sought for his arrest. On August 28, Levy claimed his second murder victim smothering Sheryl Wilkins, leaving her body in the same location as the earlier rape attack, just minutes from his own home. Police arrested him on September 5 after he was identified at the scene on a facial recognition camera. He was remanded in custody three days later. In 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.