{"id":591372,"date":"2025-11-24T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/591372\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:44:13","slug":"man-charged-with-murdering-two-women-and-raping-another-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/591372\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murdering two women and raping another | London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A man charged with murdering one woman and raping another earlier this year has been charged with a second murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Simon Levy, 40, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday over the death of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, whose body was found in south <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/london\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He was already charged with the murder of Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in Tottenham, north London, whose body was found in September. He was also charged in September with a rape and grievous bodily harm against another woman in Tottenham in January.<\/p>\n<p>Sheryl Wilkins was found dead aged 39 in Tottenham in September. Photograph: Metropolitan police\/PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Levy had been arrested in April for Valencia-Trujillo\u2019s murder, and released under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Metropolitan police urged anyone with information about Levy and the offences he has been charged with, or other allegations, to contact them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Met commander Clair Kelland said:<strong> \u201c<\/strong>The investigation into Simon Levy is one of great complexity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe are working closely with partners across relevant boroughs, including Haringey and Southwark, to encourage reporting and raise awareness of the support we can provide to victim-survivors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe believe there may be people who are aware of Levy who have not yet made a report to the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhether you are a victim-survivor, or someone with information, we urge you to come forward and speak to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Met said that it had been called on 17 March to reports of an unresponsive woman at a property on the Aylesbury Estate in south London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police said the cause of Valencia-Trujillo\u2019s death could not be determined and that on 1 April, Levy was arrested on suspicion of her murder. He was released under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On 24 August Wilkins\u2019s body was found on Tottenham High Road. Levy, also from Tottenham, was arrested for her murder more than a week after her body was found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Met said: \u201cOn Thursday, 4 September, Levy was re-arrested in connection with Carmenza\u2019s death and also for the murder of Sheryl Wilkins, 39, who died on Sunday, 24 August on High Road, Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cLevy was charged with Sheryl\u2019s murder on Sunday, 7 September. While in custody, he was further arrested in relation to a separate incident on Tuesday, 21 January, involving another woman in High Road, Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cHe was charged with two counts of rape, grievous bodily harm, and intentional suffocation in relation to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police added: \u201cAll three cases are now being treated as part of a single, joined investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cDetectives believe there may be individuals who have information relevant to this investigation \u2013 or who are yet to report incidents which have directly impacted them \u2013 and are asking for people to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Levy, of Tottenham, will also appear at the central criminal court on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing over the charge of murder in relation to the death of Wilkins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man charged with murdering one woman and raping another earlier this year has been charged with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-591372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115606393089223417","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}