Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Serial UK sex attacker jailed for life for double murder
There was a man named Simon Levy who hurt many women.
He attacked women on trains in London.
The police caught him several times, but they let him go.
That let him keep hurting people.
He hurt five more women and then killed two women.
Their names were Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins.
He also hurt a third woman very badly.
A judge named Mark Lucraft sent him to prison forever.
The judge said Levy uses other people for his own happiness.
The police and the mayor of London said they made mistakes and missed chances to stop him.
Simon Levy, 40, was sentenced on Wednesday to a whole-life order without parole for murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins.
He was found guilty of murdering Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025 and Wilkins, 39, in August 2025, plus the rape and serious assault of a third woman in January 2025.
Judge Mark Lucraft said Levy was 'clearly someone who ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal, sexual satisfaction.'
Levy was separately convicted in February of sexually assaulting 10 women on London trains between October 2023 and May 2025, and of assaulting a prison officer in April 2022.
London's Metropolitan Police referred itself to the watchdog for downgrading Levy to medium-risk, and Mayor Sadiq Khan said 'time and time again, opportunities to stop him were missed.'
- Who
- Simon Levy, 40, a serial sex offender convicted of killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, and of raping a third woman.
- What
- Levy was sentenced to a whole-life prison order without the possibility of parole for two murders and rape, following an escalating spree of sexual offences.
- When
- Sentencing took place on Wednesday, Aug 12; the murders occurred in March 2025 and August 2025, and the assaults spanned October 2023 to May 2025.
- Where
- London, United Kingdom.
- Why
- He was convicted of the murders and rape, and police and prosecutors failed to stop his escalating offending despite multiple arrests.
- Offender
- Simon Levy, 40
- Sentence
- Whole-life order without possibility of parole
- Presiding judge
- Judge Mark Lucraft
- Murder victim 1
- Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, killed in March 2025
- Murder victim 2
- Sheryl Wilkins, 39, killed in August 2025
- Additional offences
- Two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm with intent and intentional strangulation of a third woman in January 2025
- Earlier convictions
- Sexual assault of 10 women on London trains (Oct 2023-May 2025) and assault of a prison officer (April 2022)
- Police watchdog
- Metropolitan Police self-referred over downgrading Levy to medium-risk