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Serial sex offender Simon Levy - who killed two women and raped a third while on bail for other offences - is being sentenced at the Old Bailey
You can watch the judge's remarks live at the top of the page - earlier, the sister of one victim told Levy: "I hope you rot in prison"
Levy was found guilty last week of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins in 2025, as well as the violent rape of a third woman
Levy is a registered sex offender and was being monitored by police at the time of the attacks
His offending dates back years - he was reported to Metropolitan Police for a sexual assault in 2017
He then assaulted two women in 2018, at Notting Hill carnival and a party in Camden, but wasn't convicted for those offences until 2021
After being released from prison - where he sexually assaulted a female officer - he committed other assaults, including on the Tube, before the 2025 murders. There was a series of disastrous decisions by authorities, writes Daniel De Simone
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
Judge Mark Lucraft KC is now addressing the defendant, Simon Levy.
Levy is sat in the dock, surrounded by three prison officers. He is staring intently forward, looking directly at the judge.
Family members in the court are glued to the judge as his begins his remarks - some are sitting close to one another and a couple appear emotional.
Cachella Smith
Reporting from court
A few people left the court very briefly as the judge retired.
But it was only a couple of minutes before they were called back to their seats.
Judge Mark Lucraft KC is now back in his seat - and he begins his sentencing comments. You can watch live at the top of the page.
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
Throughout the emotional victim impact statements, defendant Simon Levy sat still and stared straight ahead.
Now, he is glancing around the courtroom, still wearing sunglasses. He is surrounded by three prison officers.
Shortly the judge will deliver his sentence. You'll be able to watch live at the top of the page.
Cachella Smith
Reporting from court
The judge has now retired to consider what he has heard in the last hour.
After the impact statements, Simon Levy's barrister, Siobhan Grey, made a brief representation acknowledging the nature of his offending and the aggravating factors.
They point to mitigating factors and reference the defendant's blindness in one eye, as well as a language developmental disorder.
The judge is set to return shortly with the sentence.
Cachella Smith
Reporting from court
The court is now hearing a statement from the surviving victim who was violently raped by Levy. It is being read to the courtroom by a barrister.
The statement starts with the victim saying she has "no words" but that she will "try".
She says Levy has taken her "soul" and her "dignity", and she didn't want to go to court but she also didn't want other girls to be attacked.
The attack has affected her trust in people, she continues, concluding that she wants to "try and forget this monster" and "play music again and smile".
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
The court is continuing to hear victim impact statements - the next to be read out is from Sheryl Wilkins's mother, and is being read by prosecutor Kerry Broome.
In the statement, Sheryl's mother says she died a day before her 40th birthday. "She should have seen her grandchildren. She should have grown old with us."
She says it was "cowardly" for Simon Levy to plead not guilty - and that in the trial "we were forced to relive the details of the crime".
The statement continues, with Sheryl's mother saying she feels "completely broken" and the family are "struggling in ways we cannot express".
The last time she saw her daughter, Sheryl's mother says they said "I love you" three times, "because that was what we always did".
"This was the destruction of a life, a family and a future."
Cachella Smith
Reporting from court
Nazly Fuenmayor Valencia - Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo's daughter - is the next to describe the impact of Levy's crimes before the judge.
Her statement is emotional and her voice frequently breaks as she's speaking, but she delivers it through to the end.
People in the public gallery are in tears as she reads it, while some other family members hold hands and appear emotional.
She tells the court that in a million years her family "never expected" to lose their mum like this, saying there's an emptiness that can't be filled.
Fuenmayor Valencia describes her mum as a "beautiful woman inside and out", and says she is "lucky" to call her her mum, before talking of the mental health impact her murder has had on her.
She adds her mum came to this country for a "better life" and for "safety" - but her life was "taken so cruelly".
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
The victim impact statements are now being read to court.
Lindsey Hicks, sister of victim Sheryl Wilkins, stands up in court to read hers. She struggles to get her words out between deep breaths and tears, and is visibly emotional.
"You, Simon Levy, have destroyed our lives," she says, adding that they should be growing up together like sisters do, but instead "last year has been the worst year in our lives".
She pauses to dab her eyes with a tissue.
Hicks then talks about having to go home after each day in court on public transport, carrying with her the awareness of what happened to her sister - adding that there are not enough words to express her grief.
"We will continue to live as a loving family through our loss, supporting each other. You don’t get to take that away," she tells Levy.
"I hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life."
Amy Johnston
Reporting from court
Simon Levy spoke in court for the first time today in weeks to confirm his name.
He is sitting in the docks wearing the same grey jumper he has been wearing every day. He’s being supervised by two prison guards.
He has been brought to court from prison every day since late June and has remained silent over weeks’ worth of evidence. On some days he was making notes in an A4 pad of paper.
Levy refused to be cross-examined or take the witness stand to give evidence himself during his trial for murders and rape.
He wore dark sunglasses throughout, due to an irreversible eye condition called “phthisis bulbi”, causing him to be partially blind.
Last Friday, Investigating Detective Chief Inspector Neil John from the Metropolitan Police said that throughout Levy’s six-week trial, “he has shown complete disregard for the victims and victim-survivor, despite being fully aware of the lasting and devastating impact of his actions”.
Daniel De Simone
Investigations correspondent, reporting from court
Before the impact statements are read to court, we briefly hear from the prosecution.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC says the starting point for Levy's sentence should be a whole life order because the murders involved sexual conduct.
Cachella Smith
reporting from court
Seats in courtroom 6 at the Old Bailey have been filled with journalists as well as a number of family members of Levy's victims as today's hearing begins.
Extra seats were brought in in the half hour before proceedings started so that as many people as possible could sit in the courtroom.
Levy confirmed his name at the start before prosecutor Tom Little KC sets out how the proceedings will go.
He says we will hear four impact statements this morning - including from Sheryl Wilkins' mother and sister. We'll hear the impact statements shortly.
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
Simon Levy is wearing sunglasses and a grey prison tracksuit.
He is looking straight ahead, and occasionally glances around the courtroom.
Eight members of the jury have also been seated, who have come to watch the sentencing.
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
The defendant, Simon Levy, is now sitting in the dock and proceedings are about to begin.
We will first hear from the prosecution and defence for their final remarks, before the sentencing itself starts at 12:00 BST.
Journalists are packed into the court room - the clerk has brought extra seats for everyone - as well as barristers, solicitors and legal staff. Seats reserved for members of the public are also full.
Some members of the jury have also returned for the sentencing.
The Met Police is not alone in admitting failings for the handling of Simon Levy.
British Transport Police (BTP)'s investigation into Levy's sexual assaults was beset by delays, meaning he was not charged for more than six months, despite being filmed carrying out an attack.
Det Ch Supt Pete Fulton, from the BTP, said the delay "absolutely wasn't good enough" and was down to "incompetence" by two officers who have since been moved to other roles.
Meanwhile, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has also been accused of acting too slowly.
Lisa Ramsarran, chief crown prosecutor for the CPS, said: "Our actions fell short of the standards that victims, families and the public are entitled to expect.
"In particular, there were points where we could and should have taken a more robust approach to representations about bail, based on the information available."
The Metropolitan Police's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth has previously admitted a "collective system failure" over Levy.
The Met Police was responsible for his monitoring, which encompassed police officers visiting his home and collecting intelligence on him.
Just months before he committed the first offences in this series of convictions, the force had downgraded his status from high-risk to medium-risk.
Two officers from the Met are now facing investigations from the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) relating to alleged failures in their management of Levy, following a voluntary referral from the force.
A police constable is under a gross misconduct investigation and a detective sergeant a misconduct investigation - with the watchdog’s investigation spanning the time from Levy’s first conviction in September 2021 through to his arrest in September 2025.
Watch: How Simon Levy assaulted women on the Tube and was eventually arrested for murder
Simon Levy attacked the three women in 2025 while on bail for sex assaults on trains in London. He was being monitored and risk-managed by the Met Police throughout.
Elliot Burrin
Reporting from court
I've just arrived at the Old Bailey, where members of the press are slowly gathering outside.
There's going to be a large media presence at the sentencing today.
The court session is due to start at 11:00 BST, with final remarks from the prosecution and defence, which our reporters will bring you from inside the chamber.
The sentencing itself starts at 12:00 BST - you will be able to watch that part live on this page.
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceSheryl Wilkins and Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo were both murdered by Levy
Simon Levy, a 40-year-old from Tottenham, was found guilty last week of the murders of two vulnerable women and the rape of a third.
In January 2025, Levy raped a women in a Tottenham car park. He forced her to the ground and jumped on her, breaking her collarbone and banging her head against the ground before suffocating and raping her.
Within days, she was arrested for breaching a community protection notice preventing her from being in the area.
She told police what happened but they closed the investigation in the summer, having made limited attempts to speak to her further.
In May 2025, Levy murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in derelict flats in south London, leaving her on the stairwell.
He was arrested weeks later after his DNA was found at the scene, before being released under investigation. The case was not passed to the Met’s homicide command.
In August 2025, Levy murdered Sheryl Wilkins, 39,in the same Tottenham car park he committed the rape in, eight months earlier.
During the trial, the court heard the three women all carried out street sex work in order to fund drug addictions.
Daniel De Simone
Investigations correspondent, reporting from court
Simon Levy was a registered sex offender, who was being monitored by the Met Police when he murdered two women, raped a third, and sexually assaulted 10 others on public transport.
That such a man was able to harm so many women is down to police, prosecutors and the courts making a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets.
On Friday, at the Old Bailey, he was found guilty of the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in London last year - and also the violent rape of another woman in a Tottenham car park.
A police watchdog investigation is underway into the Met’s handling of Levy, and British Transport Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have also accepted serious failings.
Today is about Levy being sentenced, and the court may also hear impact statements from the families of Carmenza and Sheryl, and the surviving rape victim.
Cachella Smith
Reporting from court
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceSerial sex offender Simon Levy is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey today, after being found guilty of murdering two women and violently raping a third.
A known sex offender, Levy was being monitored and risk-managed by police when he killed Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025 and 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins five months later.
The two murders followed the rape of a third woman in January 2025. Levy denied the charges but was found guilty on all counts last week.
He committed the crimes while on bail following arrests for other assaults - and had previously served time in prison for sexual assaults.
Although Levy was being monitored by the police, the force had downgraded him from a high-risk sex offender to a medium-risk one.
The Met, British Transport Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have all admitted failings in how they dealt with him. There's an overview of the case in our scrolling graphic below.
I’ll be in court when the sentencing hearing begins later - and we'll bring you the latest news and analysis here as it happens.
