In a shocking case which will inevitably raise questions for the authorities, the 40-year-old was repeatedly released on bail by British Transport Police, Scotland Yard and magistrates after he was charged with repeated sexual assault offences before he is alleged to have committed murder.
Today, it emerged that the partially sighted defendant has also been charged with committing an earlier sex attack while in Brixton prison.
Inner London Crown Court heard that Levy sexually assaulted a prison officer in April 2022.
He was also charged today with sexually assaulting a woman on the London Underground in October 2023 following his release from prison.
In total, Levy has now been charged with murder, two counts of rape, non-fatal strangulation, grevious bodily harm and sexually assaulting nine women at tube stations.
Details of the alleged offending can now be revealed after further charges were brought today.
Simon Levy, of Beaufoy Road, Tottenham, at Highbury Magistrates' Court (pictured in court sketch)
The defendant, who has not entered pleas to any of the charges, was first arrested in November 2024 on suspicion of carrying out a sex attack at Chancery Lane station on October 21, 2024.
A day later, he was arrested for another alleged attack at Liverpool Street station on October 28, but was later released on bail by British Transport Police.
Two months later on January 21, this year he is accused of raping and strangling a prostitute.
A pre-trial hearing at the Old Bailey was told that Levy allegedly refused to pay the sex worker, knocking her to the floor and jumping on top of her breaking her collarbone.
He is accused of raping her while placing his hands over the woman's face, suffocating her until she lost consciousness, but she survived the attack .
Four months later, Levy was arrested on April 1 in connection with the unexplained death of another woman, Carmenza Trujillo, aged 53, who was found dead in a building on the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark on March 17.
Levy was released on bail by Scotland Yard.
Police now suspect Ms Trujillo was murdered, but no charges have been brought in the case.
While on bail, Levy is accused of carrying out five sexual assaults of women at various London underground stations between March and May 2025.
Some of the alleged assaults were carried out within days of each other.
On May 3 this year he was charged with carrying out three sexual assaults at tube stations, but he was released on bail by a judge who ordered him not to travel on public transport.
While on bail, Levy is accused of carrying out a further sex attack at Westminster station on May 29.
The following month he was charged with breaching his bail conditions after being caught by a police officer on the London Underground on June 20.
Yet a judge decided to release the suspect again.
Weeks later, Levy is accused of murdering Sheryl Wilkins on August 28 this year.
The 39-year-old sex worker was found dead on August 24 by police patrolling a car park in Tottenham, North London.
During an earlier hearing, the Old Bailey was told that the victim was found face down, with her head and body covered by a jacket.
Although police found bruising and scratches, post-mortem examinations have been unable to determine a cause of death, with one possibility that the sex worker may have been drowned.
Levy was arrested on September 4 and later charged with Ms Wilkins' murder, along with two counts of rape, one count of grievous bodily harm and one count of non-fatal strangulation in relation to the earlier attack on another sex worker on January 21.
Today, the 40-year-old, who is blind in one eye, was charged with the sexual touching of a prison officer in April 2022 and a sexual assault on the London underground in October 2023.
When the case was heard at Inner London Crown Court it emerged that Levy is still officially listed as being on bail in relation to the sexual offences on London Underground.
Although the defendant has already been remanded in custody at Belmarsh Prison for Ms Wilkins' murder, prosecutors had to apply for Levy's bail to be cancelled in relation to the other sex offences.
The Recorder of Southwark, Judge Evans agreed to formally remand Levy in custody during the short administrative hearing, which the defendant did not attend.
Levy will now face trial on charges of murder, strangulation, grievous bodily harm with intent and two counts of rape in June next year.
He will face a separate trial on January 26 accused of nine sexual assaults on London underground and the sexual touching of a prison officer in 2022.
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