Double murder accused targeted vulnerable women, jury told

A man murdered two women and raped another in a “series of predatory sexual attacks” in London last year, a court has heard.

Simon Levy, 40, from Tottenham, north London, denies murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 54, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39.

He also denies raping and attacking a third woman, who is still alive.

The Old Bailey was told that “all three women” were victims of Levy.

Opening the prosecution case, Tom Little KC said the three women were either sex workers or on occasions would perform sexual services in return for money or drugs.

“That is no coincidence. It is why and how the defendant encountered them and it is also a reason why he attacked them, no doubt hoping and thinking that he would get away with it,” Little added.

He said the surviving victim had been trafficked into the UK and was raped twice by Levy in January 2025 in a car park in Tottenham close to where Levy lived.

Little said the woman was “left unconscious and left for dead having been assaulted, raped and notably strangled”.

He said that, during the attack, the woman “thought she was going to die”.