Victim says police failures let convicted murderer Simon Levy continue assaulting women
A woman who survived an attack by Simon Levy in 2018 says the police’s handling of her case enabled him to commit further murders and assaults.
In 2018 Laura was attacked by Simon Levy while traveling to the Notting Hill Carnival, an incident she reported to the Metropolitan Police but says was largely ignored. Levy, a registered sex offender, later murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and raped another woman in 2025, and was also found guilty of assaulting eleven other women on trains and the Tube between 2023 and 2025. Laura contends that police, prosecutors and judges repeatedly made poor decisions that kept Levy on the streets, allowing him to assault fourteen additional women before he was finally detained.
She expressed feeling betrayed by the criminal-justice system and called for a societal shift in how male violence against women is addressed. The Met Police issued an apology for the victim’s feeling of being unsupported, noting that a crime report was filed the following day and Levy was eventually arrested and convicted.
Why it matters
The case highlights systemic failures that let a violent offender continue harming women, prompting calls for reform.
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