A jobless serial sex offender has been found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third.Simon Levy, 40, of Tottenham, north London, was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey on Friday of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months apart last year.He was also convicted of two counts of rape and assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, as well as non-fatal suffocation over a brutal sex attack in January 2025, which the victim survived.Prosecutor Tom Little KC told jurors the crimes were a series of attacks committed by a “predatory serial sexual attacker in a similar way”.Miss Valencia-Trujillo was found dead in a largely abandoned block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate in south-east London on March 17 last year, while Miss Wilkins was discovered behind a car park wall on High Road, Tottenham, north London, on August 24.Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo (Metropolitan Police)The car park was also where Levy carried out the January rape, which left the victim unconscious with a broken collarbone.Levy was brought into police custody for questioning on September 4 and charged soon after. Jurors heard that Levy was already a registered sex offender. He sexually assaulted two women in 2018 and was jailed in 2021.After he was released in 2023, he carried on preying on women, and earlier this year was convicted of 11 counts of sexual assault in a separate trial at Inner London Crown Court.Sheryl Wilkins (Metropolitan Police)Ten of the victims were young women who were using the Tube and London Overground, and the 11th was a prison officer assaulted while he was previously behind bars in 2022.An Old Bailey jury reached verdicts after deliberating for 13 hours.Levy, who wore sunglasses in court, made no reaction as the verdicts were delivered and members of the victims’ families wept.At the time charges were laid, Commander Clair Kelland, who leads the Met’s Public Protection Team, said: “As the lead for public protection at the Met, one of our main priorities is to better protect women and girls.“The investigation into Simon Levy is one of great complexity. We are working closely with partners across relevant boroughs, including Haringey and Southwark, to encourage reporting and raise awareness of the support we can provide to victim-survivors.“Whether you are a victim-survivor, or someone with information, we urge you to come forward and speak to us.”People can contact the Metropolitan Police’s incident room directly on 07751 700 330 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Serial sex offender guilty of murdering two women and raping a third
Simon Levy was convicted of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months apart last year













