Serial Sex Attacker Gets Whole Life Order for Two Murders

Simon Levy, a 40-year-old serial sex attacker, has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murders of two women and the rape of a third, after a series of systemic failures allowed him to remain free despite escalating violence. The sentence, handed down at the Old Bailey on August 12, 2026, means Levy will spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of release.

Levy was found guilty last week of murdering grandmother Carmenza ValenciaTrujillo, 53, in March 2025 and mother-of-four Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in August 2025. He was also convicted of the rape and serious assault of a third woman in January 2025. Judge Mark Lucraft KC described Levy as someone who "ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal sexual satisfaction" and noted his "morbid fascination with sex, assault and crime."

The attacks were sexually motivated. Ms. ValenciaTrujillo was found in a largely abandoned block of flats on the Aylesbury estate in southeast London, while Ms. Wilkins was discovered behind a car park wall near Tottenham High Road in north London. The rape victim, who suffered a broken collarbone, was attacked in the same car park where Ms. Wilkins' body was later found.