How police let a registered sex offender murder and attack women

A jury at London’s Old Bailey found Simon Levy guilty of the murders of Carmenza Valencia Trujillo, 54, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, and of the violent rape of another woman. The BBC reports the conviction followed a case where police, prosecutors and courts allegedly made multiple decisions that left Levy free to attack women in public transport. The Metropolitan Police had downgraded him as a risk to women before the killings and later apologized to Wilkins’ family, saying her life could have been saved. The article also says Levy had been released on bail repeatedly between late 2024 and summer 2025 despite bail breaches and charges.