Sex offender Simon Levy faces a life sentence after being convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering two women while repeatedly released on bail.
Levy, 40, was convicted of murdering sex workers Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, raping and suffocating a third woman, and carrying out 13 sexual assaults.
The 13-hour jury deliberation followed a seven-week trial. Judge Mark Lucraft KC said Levy will receive a life sentence, with the length to be determined at sentencing on Wednesday.
Levy, who is blind in one eye and jobless, refused to give evidence and wore sunglasses in court as victims' families wept.
Levy committed the murder of Wilkins in Tottenham in August 2025 while on bail suspected of killing Valencia-Trujillo in south London in March 2025.
Prosecutors failed to oppose bail at Levy's initial magistrates' court hearing and omitted details of his prior convictions at a subsequent hearing before a judge.
Levy subsequently missed three Crown Court hearings, but no arrest warrant was requested by authorities.
British Transport Police had previously arrested Levy in November 2024 for Tube attacks, but identification parade delays led to his release before he committed a rape in January 2025.
Failures by Police and Prosecutors
The rape survivor directed police to Levy's home address, but officers did not formally interview her because she was withdrawing from drugs, leading the Metropolitan Police to close the investigation.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct served a gross misconduct notice to a police constable and a misconduct notice to a detective sergeant to investigate potential failures.
Levy was first jailed for three years in 2021 for sexual attacks at Notting Hill Carnival and a Camden street party in 2018.
While imprisoned, Levy groped a prison officer in 2022 before receiving early release on licence in February 2023 at the halfway mark of his sentence.
He claimed to probation staff that he never left home despite sex workers offering services, but began attacking women on crowded Tube trains in October 2023.
Political Backlash and Public Outrage
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticized the Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police, writing in the Daily Mail that a broken system allowed Levy to continue offending on the streets.
Tory justice spokesman Nick Timothy said: "It is an outrage that this monster was allowed to roam the streets on bail despite his long record of sexual offences against women."
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said Levy "should never have been given bail" and added that "this man must never see the light of day again."
Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said: "The Metropolitan Police allowed a serial sexual predator to rampage through the streets of London with zero consequence."
Crime and policing minister Sarah Jones said it was "deeply concerning" that Levy "was able to inflict such devastating harm after being freed by police and the courts."
Supervision and Past Pattern of Offending
Levy, who lived with his mother in Tottenham, was subject to supervision by probation and Violent and Sex Offender Register staff.
Despite supervision, Levy secretly collected newspaper articles about serial rapist John Worboys and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, while researching misogynist influencer Andrew Tate online.
Police fear Levy may have targeted scores of additional victims across London, carrying out daily attacks dating back to 2018.
