Simon Levy handed whole-life tariff for double murder and rape
Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PASimon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third. Although charged with most of the offences, Levy remained free and went on to commit his second murder.View image in fullscreenSheryl Wilkins (left) was murdered by Simon Levy five months after he killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo (right).
- ▪Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third.
- ▪Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PASimon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third.
- ▪Although charged with most of the offences, Levy remained free and went on to commit his second murder.View image in fullscreenSheryl Wilkins (left) was murdered by Simon Levy five months after he killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo (right).
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Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PASimon Levy, 40, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PAUK newsSimon Levy handed whole-life tariff for double murder and rapeErrors by police and prosecutors left serial sex offender free to murder Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl WilkinsVikram Dodd Police and crime correspondentWed 12 Aug 2026 07.27 EDTFirst published on Wed 12 Aug 2026 07.18 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSimon Levy, the sexual predator left free by police errors to murder two women, will never leave prison after being sentenced to a whole-life tariff.Levy was convicted on Friday of murdering Carmenza…
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