Man murdered two London women in predatory sexual attacks, court told

A man murder​ed two women and left a third for dead in a series of predatory sexual attacks over an eight-month period​, a jury has been told. Simon Levy, 40,​ denies killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, on 17 March 2025 in south-east London​ and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on 24 August 2025 in Tottenham, north London. He also denies attacking a third woman, aged 35 at the time, on 21 January 2025, also in Tottenham. Opening the prosecution case at the Old Bailey in central London​, Tom Little KC told the jury that Levy carried out a “series of predatory sexual attacks in the first eight months of 2025 on three very vulnerable women”. The women were sex workers or sometimes performed sexual acts in return for money or drugs, the jury was told. Little said the women’s vulnerability led Levy to believe he would get away with his crimes. “It is why and how the defendant encountered them and it is also a reason why he attacked them, no doubt hoping and thinking that he would get away with it,” he said. Sheryl Wilkins. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA Little said the first attack, where the victim survived, and the third attack seven months later were in the same car park in Tottenham. He said CCTV from August 2025 showed Levy walking with Wilkins to the car park and disappearing behind a wall. “Nobody else went behind the wall,” Little told the jury. “Nobody could have killed her other than the defendant.” Wilkins’ body was found on Tottenham High Road at 6.30am on 24 August. …