Serial sex offender gets life sentence for double murder, rape after the law failed to stop him

Nypost · Aug 12, 2026 · 469 words · By Reuters

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Serial sex offender gets life sentence for double murder, rape after the law failed to stop him See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google LONDON — A British serial sex attacker will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge said on Wednesday, after he was convicted of two murders and rape following an escalating spree of sexual offenses that police and…

Common ground

Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty last week of the murder of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and of Sheryl Wilkins in August 2025, and of the rape and serious assault of a third woman in January that year.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He was also sentenced for two counts of rape, causing grievous bodily harm with intent and intentional strangulation in relation to a third woman.”

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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference and sentencing remarks, confirm the specific charges of two counts of rape, GBH with intent, and intentional strangulation of a third woman.

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web search NEUTRAL — Simon Levy, 40, was sentenced to a whole-life order on Wednesday after being convicted of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, as well as rape and serious assault against a third w…
https://www.kiprinform.com/en/news/simon-levy-given-whole-li…

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web search NEUTRAL — Counts 1 and 2 are two rapes on a third woman who not only sustained grievous bodily harm, but was strangled and made unconscious as a result in the course of the rapes.
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Rex-v-Si…

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web search NEUTRAL — He was also sentenced for two counts of rape, causing grievous bodily harm with intent and intentional strangulation in relation to a third woman.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/serial-uk-sex-atta…

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Claim 2: “But Levy was released and sexually assaulted five women before he killed Wilkins, 39, in a brutal attack.”

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Two independent web search sources explicitly state that after his release, Levy sexually assaulted five women before killing 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 2026 in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_Kingdom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional distr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Simon Levy (born 14 August 1985) is a British convicted sex offender, sexual sadist and double murderer from Tottenham, north London, serving a whole-life sentence for the murders of Carmenza Valencia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Levy_case

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Claim 3: “London’s Metropolitan Police said Levy was released because they were then unable to confirm any third-party involvement in Valencia-Trujillo’s death.”

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Web search results confirm the Metropolitan Police stated they could not confirm third-party involvement in Valencia-Trujillo's death at the time of his release.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick Porter Wensley (28 March 1865 – 4 December 1949) served as a British police officer from 1888 until 1929, reaching the rank of chief constable of the Scotland Yard Criminal Investigation De…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Wensley

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Abraham Levy, Baron Levy (born 11 July 1944), is a British life peer and former chartered accountant who was chairman and CEO of a large independent group of music companies. A long-standing f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levy,_Baron_Levy

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Claim 4: “Simon Levy, 40, was found guilty last week of the murder of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and of Sheryl Wilkins in August 2025, and of the rape and serious assault of a third woman in January that year.”

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Multiple independent sources (web search results and Wikipedia) confirm Simon Levy's conviction for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo (March 2025) and Sheryl Wilkins (August 2025), as well as the rape and assault of a third woman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 2026 in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_Kingdom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of sex workers who were murdered in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdered_sex_workers_in_the_Un…

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Claim 5: “He was arrested in 2024 and early 2025 by British Transport Police, including after he was a suspect for rape and Valencia-Trujillo’s murder, but was granted bail.”

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Web search results confirm Levy was arrested by BTP in 2024 and early 2025 and was granted bail despite being a suspect in the murder and rape cases.

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web search NEUTRAL — Simon Levy was sentenced at the Old Bailey (Metropolitan Police/PA).Levy was arrested by BTP in November 2024 for sexual assaults on the Tube, but delays in organising an identification parade until t…
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/national/26457805.ser…

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web search NEUTRAL — Simon Levy was arrested by the Met Police on 1 April 2025, but Scotland Yard said there was a lack of evidence at the time to charge him and he was released under investigation. Levy continued his spr…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/killer-preyed-women-tube-guilt…

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web search NEUTRAL — Levy was arrested on other occasions in 2024 and early 2025 by British Transport Police (BTP) for sex attacks on trains, including after he became a suspect for rape and Valencia-Trujillo's murder, bu…
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/serial-uk-sex-attacker-guilty-1553…

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Claim 6: “Levy was separately convicted in February of sexually assaulting 10 women on London trains between October 2023 and May 2025, with six of the attacks in early 2025, and an 11th charge of sexually assaulting a prison officer in April 2022.”

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Multiple web search results confirm the February conviction for sexually assaulting 10 women on trains between October 2023 and May 2025, and the assault of a prison officer in April 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — In February, Levy was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 women on London's Tubes and trains, as well as a female prison officer in HMP Brixton, with details of that trial now reportable for the first…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqe1nzqgg4o

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web search NEUTRAL — During the BTP trial earlier this year, the court heard how Levy sexually assaulted ten different women on London trains between October 2023 and May 2025, alongside a sexual assault against a prison …
https://offenders.org.uk/offender?id=9453

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web search NEUTRAL — Levy also sexually assaulted 10 women on busy rush-hour Tube or overground trains between 24 October 2023 and 29 May 2025. Sheryl Wilkins who was found dead in the same car park where Simon Levy raped…
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/simon-levy-tube-sex-m…

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Claim 7: “Police had arrested Levy several times for sexual assaults against women on rush-hour trains before he was arrested on suspicion of murdering Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in April 2025.”

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Web search results confirm Levy was arrested by British Transport Police for sexual assaults on trains and was subsequently arrested in April 2025 for the murder of 53-year-old Valencia-Trujillo.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 2026 in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_Kingdom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of prisoners who have received a whole-life order, formerly called a whole-life tariff, through some mechanism in jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. From the introduction of the whole…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prisoners_with_whole_l…

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Claim 8: “The Met has referred itself to the police watchdog for downgrading him to a medium-risk offender in 2024, while BTP and the Crown Prosecution Service have also admitted some failures.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the Met's referral to the watchdog or the admissions of failure by BTP and CPS.

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Claim 9: “Judge Mark Lucraft said Levy was “clearly someone who ruthlessly exploits others for your own personal, sexual satisfaction” as he sentenced him to a whole-life order for the murders of Valencia-Trujillo and Wilkins.”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (Sowetan), web search results, and Wikipedia, specifically naming Judge Mark Lucraft and the whole-life order sentence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster (born Katherine de Roet, c. 1349 – 10 May 1403) was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the fourth (but third surviving) son of King Edward III. From h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Simon Levy, 40, killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025 and 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins five months later.At the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC sentenced Levy to a whole li…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g30dw9xw6o

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