London Man Charged with Two Murders Five Months Apart

Simon Levy, a 40-year-old man from Beaufoy Road in Tottenham, north London, faces charges of murdering two women found dead five months apart in separate locations across the city, as details emerged during his court appearance at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.

Levy is accused of killing Carmenza ValenciaTrujillo, 53, whose body was discovered on March 17 in a largely disused block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate in southeast London. Prosecutors allege that Levy traveled to the area the day before and murdered her during a sexual encounter. The site, which has few residents and limited foot traffic except for occasional security patrols, was described by prosecutor Tom Little KC as isolated, with the body found in the early evening. A postmortem examination initially could not determine the cause of death, prompting an ongoing investigation by the Metropolitan Police.

Five months later, on August 24, Levy is charged with the murder of Sheryl Wilkins, 39, who was found unresponsive and face down with a jacket over her head in a car park off High Road in Tottenham. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Court hearings have noted similarities in how the bodies of both women were...