Investigation into police failures in Simon Levy case

O que mudou

• Simon Levy, 40, a registered sex offender under monitoring, was found guilty of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and raping a third woman.
• Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions gave him the chance to attack more women.
• A senior Met detective admitted the second murder victim could have been saved.
• On 12 August 2026 Levy was given a whole life sentence, with the judge citing his morbid fascination with sex.

Então ainda em aberto

• No full public audit yet names each delayed charge and each hearing where convictions were not reported.
• No confirmed account yet explains how monitoring continued while public-transport assaults and rape allegations accumulated.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether police, prosecutors and courts publish a dated account of each decision between March and August 2025.
• Whether offender-management rules for monitored sex offenders change in response to the admission over the second killing.

O que sabíamos inicialmente

• Levy murdered Valencia-Trujillo in March 2025 and Wilkins five months later, and raped a third woman.
• BTP delays extended his bail before the first murder.
• Incomplete CPS information preceded bail before the second murder.
• Two Met officers face IOPC investigation; the Met sought wider learning on system failure.

Então ainda em aberto

• No public accounting yet of who knew what across forces and hearings at each decision point.
• No confirmed total of additional victims beyond the 11 assaults already proven.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether the IOPC finds individual misconduct, wider negligence, or both.
• Whether promised CPS and BTP changes to remand and repeat-offender handling take hold.