Key Points
- Convictions: Simon Levy, 40, of Beaufoy Road, Tottenham, has been convicted at the Old Bailey for the murder of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, aged 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39.
- Further Charges: In addition to the above charges, Levy was convicted for two counts of rape, GBH with intent, and non-fatal suffocation in connection to the savage attack that took place in January 2025.
- Survival of the Victim: The victim in the aforementioned January 2025 attack managed to survive in spite of being rendered unconscious and sustaining a broken collarbone.
- Modus Operandi: Prosecutor Tom Little KC described Levy as a “predatory serial sexual attacker”, who carried out the crime in a similar fashion.
- Prior Record: Levy was already registered as a sexual offender since in 2021 he had served time in jail for sexual assaults from 2018. This year, he was additionally convicted for 11 sexual assault cases, which involved young girls and a prison officer in the London transport network.
- Jurors’ Decision: It took the jury at the Old Bailey 13 hours to render their decision.
London (The Londoner News) August 7, 2026 – A jobless serial sex attacker from Tottenham has been convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey of murdering two women and raping a third, marking a grim conclusion to a series of violent crimes that spanned across London.
Simon Levy, 40, a resident of Beaufoy Road in Tottenham, north London, was found guilty of the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39. The two women were killed five months apart during the previous year. In addition to these charges, Levy was convicted of two counts of rape, assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, and non-fatal suffocation relating to a separate, brutal attack in January 2025, from which the victim miraculously survived.
How did the prosecutor describe the nature of these attacks?
As reported by Annabel Stock of London Now, the prosecution painted a harrowing picture of a man who preyed on vulnerable women with calculated intent. During the trial, prosecutor Tom Little KC told jurors that the crimes were a series of attacks committed by a “predatory serial sexual attacker in a similar way”.
The geographic spread of the violence highlighted the danger Levy posed to the public. According to court records, Miss Valencia-Trujillo was discovered deceased in a largely abandoned block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate in south east London in March last year. Months later, in August, the body of Miss Wilkins was discovered behind a car park wall in Tottenham, north London.
The same car park in Tottenham was identified by authorities as the location where Levy carried out the January rape. That attack left the victim unconscious and suffering from a broken collarbone, a testament to the extreme violence employed by the perpetrator.
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What was Simon Levy’s criminal history prior to these murders?
The trial revealed that Levy was already well-known to the criminal justice system as a registered sex offender before these most recent offences were committed. As detailed by Annabel Stock in her reporting for London Now, Levy had previously sexually assaulted two women in 2018, an offence for which he was subsequently jailed in 2021.
However, his predatory behaviour did not cease following his release from prison in 2023. Earlier this year, in a separate trial held at the Inner London Crown Court, Levy was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault. The victims in those instances included 10 young women who were commuting via the Tube and London Overground network, as well as an 11th victim—a prison officer who was assaulted while Levy was serving time for his earlier crimes in 2022.
How did the court react to the verdict?
The conclusion of the trial at the Old Bailey came after the jury had deliberated for 13 hours. According to the account provided by Annabel Stock of London Now, the scene in the courtroom was one of profound emotional distress as the verdicts were delivered. While members of the victims’ families were seen weeping, Levy, who chose to wear sunglasses throughout the proceedings, remained impassive and showed no visible reaction as he was found guilty.
The conviction serves as a final legal chapter for a series of crimes that shook the communities of Tottenham and beyond, highlighting the severe danger posed by an individual who persisted in his attacks despite repeated interventions by the judicial system.
