DOUBLE MURDERER SIMON LEVY CONVICTED AS VICTIM CONDEMNS POLICE FAILURES

Simon Levy was convicted on Friday of murdering two women and raping another in London in 2025. He was also convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting 11 other women, 10 of them on public transport between 2023 and 2025. Levy will be sentenced on Wednesday. A woman who reported being sexually assaulted by Levy in 2018 has told the BBC that police failures allowed him to continue attacking women for years after her initial report.

Laura, who has waived her anonymity, encountered Levy on the London Underground in August 2018 whilst travelling to Notting Hill Carnival with a friend. She said Levy followed them and subjected her to a serious sexual assault. When she reported the attack to police, she claimed two Metropolitan Police officers told her they "were busy with other, more urgent, things" and turned her away. A female officer eventually took her details. Levy was not arrested for the two assaults reported in 2018 until October that year, and was formally charged in July 2020. He was jailed for both assaults in 2021 but was released in 2023, after which he continued to attack women.

Laura said her nightmare became "real life" when she realised Levy "was still out preying on vulnerable women" despite her report. She expressed feeling "let down" by the police and "absolutely devastated" for victims affected by him after his release. She criticised the broader criminal justice system, stating that the Metropolitan Police, courts, judges who granted bail, and the Crown Prosecution Service "could have prevented so many women from being hurt" and "could have prevented two women from losing their lives."