Police have urged more victims of Simon Levy to come forward, as London’s victims’ commissioner said a “litany of failures” had allowed him to kill two women and rape a third. On Friday, Levy was found guilty of murdering two women and raping a third in London while he was being monitored by the Met Police for being a convicted sex offender. He had previously committed a string of sex attacks, including a conviction in 2018 for which he was jailed in 2021.
Andrea Simon, the victims’ commissioner, has called for a comprehensive review regarding the “failure to monitor him appropriately” when the 40-year-old was known to police as a sexual predator. On Saturday, Simons told Breakfast a “multi-agency review” was needed, stating: “There was a lack of restrictions that could have been placed on him and a failure to monitor him appropriately – so all of those things, I think, we need answers to now.” She added that public services must improve at recognizing patterns of offending before attackers become further emboldened.
The Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police (BTP), and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have all admitted to failures in how Levy was monitored between his first conviction in September 2021 and his eventual arrest for murder in September 2025. Levy was on bail and under police monitoring when he committed a violent rape in January 2025. He subsequently murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, five months later.
Levy is known to have attacked at least 10 women on public transport in London, specifically seeking out busy carriages to assault passengers. Earlier this year, he was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court of groping 10 women on the Tube and an 11th while in prison, though details of that case were only reportable this week following the conclusion of his murder trial. The prison assault occurred in April 2022, while the Tube attacks took place between October 2023 and May 2025.
The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed that a police constable is under investigation for gross misconduct, while a detective sergeant is facing a separate misconduct investigation. Furthermore, the BTP has confirmed that two officers have been moved to other roles due to “incompetence” in handling the investigations into Levy’s transport-based sexual assaults.
Lisa Ramsarran, chief crown prosecutor for the CPS, acknowledged the gravity of the situation, stating: “Our actions fell short of the standards that victims, families and the public are entitled to expect.” The Met Police noted that its detectives have “exhausted numerous lines of enquiry,” including working with coroners, to identify if Levy is responsible for other unsolved incidents or deaths. While no further victims have been identified yet, the force is urging anyone who believes they were targeted to contact them immediately.
The case has drawn sharp criticism from campaigners and families of other victims. Lisa Squire, whose daughter Libby was murdered by a man who had previously committed a string of sex crimes, described the situation as a “catalogue of disasters.” Speaking to Radio 4’s Today programme, she noted that “the patterns were there, he was flying those red flags,” and argued there were “precursor offences” for which he could have been stopped by police. She added: “At the moment, the message going out, in my opinion, is that women’s safety is not important.”
Zoë Billingham, a former independent police inspector who has pushed for reforms on how violence against women and girls is policed, stated that “too often in cases like this the dots aren’t being joined up.” She remarked that it was not merely one or two missed opportunities that could have brought him to justice, but an “extraordinary succession” of failures that left him free to continue his attacks.
As the legal process concludes, authorities are bracing for the possibility of further revelations. Levy is due to be sentenced on Wednesday. In the meantime, BTP continues to emphasize that more women “may recognise [Levy] and have not yet reported what has happened to them,” encouraging those individuals to come forward to assist in the ongoing investigations.
The Tube assaults then occurred between 24 October 2023 and May 2025.
