Simon Levy, a 40-year-old serial sex attacker with a "morbid fascination with sex," has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after being found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third.

Levy killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months later. He also raped a third woman earlier in 2025 in the same Tottenham car park where Wilkins was later discovered deceased. The sentencing at the Old Bailey on Wednesday came amid apologies from the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for "disastrous decisions" that left Levy free to commit further offenses while on bail and under police monitoring.

The court heard that Levy suffocated both women in sexually motivated attacks. Valencia-Trujillo was found in a largely abandoned block of flats in south-east London, while Wilkins was discovered behind a car park wall near Tottenham High Road in north London. The woman he raped had reported him to the police, but she was not formally interviewed until after Levy had committed the murders.

In sentencing Levy, Judge Mark Lucraft KC stated that the defendant "ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal sexual satisfaction." He noted Levy's disturbing internet history and collection of press cuttings about sexual crimes, concluding that Levy "appears to have a morbid fascination with sex, rape, and crime" and that the offenses reflected "a series of attacks by you upon vulnerable women."

Judge Lucraft acknowledged that whole life orders are reserved for rare cases but deemed it appropriate for Levy due to the severity of his crimes. He stated that the aggravating features "outweighed any mitigating features" and that the case "cannot be described in any way as a borderline case." The judge explicitly told Levy, "You will be in prison for life and there will be a whole life order."

Victim impact statements were read in court from the families of the murdered women and the woman who was raped. Lindsey Hicks, Wilkins' sister, directly addressed Levy, expressing, "I hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life." She added that Levy had "destroyed our lives" and that Sheryl was a "beautiful soul cruelly taken away in an evil act of crime."

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley described the handling of Levy's case as a "whole system failing." The police watchdog is currently investigating how Levy was managed by authorities over a four-year period, from his first conviction in September 2021 for sexual assault up to his final arrest in September 2025.

The investigation into the management of Levy by the authorities is ongoing, with the police watchdog examining decisions made over a significant period. Unresolved questions remain regarding the specific systemic failures that allowed Levy to remain at liberty and commit these heinous crimes.