The full, heart-wrenching final statement delivered by a mother to serial killer Simon Levy—after he was sentenced to life imprisonment and condemned to die behind bars—has been revealed
In a moment that will haunt Britain forever, the sister of murdered mother Sheryl Wilkins delivered one of the most powerful victim-impact statements ever heard at the Old Bailey. Lindsey Hicks, standing before serial sex offender Simon Levy, told the man who destroyed her family: “Con gái tôi đã hy sinh mạng sống để ngăn anh giết thêm bất kỳ người phụ nữ nào nữa.” She then looked him in the eye and said the words that will echo for generations: “I hope you rot in prison for the rest of your life.”
This is not just another sentencing. It is the brutal truth of a monster’s reign of terror that police and prosecutors failed to stop.
Simon Levy, 40, from Tottenham, was found guilty on Friday of two murders, two rapes, grievous bodily harm with intent, and suffocation. The crimes took place while he was on bail and actively monitored by the Metropolitan Police after earlier convictions for sexual assaults on the Tube and other women.
On 17 March 2025, grandmother Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, a salsa-loving Colombian woman, was savagely murdered in a Tottenham stairwell. Her body was left in a way that suggested her death was meant to silence any further complaints. Five months later, on 17 August 2025, Sheryl Wilkins, 39, a loving mother of four, was found dead in the exact same car park where Levy had raped a third woman months earlier. The killer’s “morbid fascination with sex, rape, and crime” – complete with files of press cuttings about his offences on his phone – drove him to strike again.
The judge, Mark Lucraft KC, made it clear: this was never a borderline case. The aggravating factors – the sexual nature of the murders, the targeting of vulnerable women, Levy’s complete lack of remorse – demanded a whole-life order. From this day forward, Simon Levy will die behind bars. No parole. No chance to hurt another soul.
But the real heartbreak came in court today. Lindsey Hicks, Sheryl’s sister, described how she had to travel on public transport each day carrying the knowledge that her sister was gone. “We should have been growing old together like sisters do,” she sobbed. “Instead, I’m realising one day I will be older than my big sister.” Her voice broke as she told Levy: “You have destroyed our lives. We will never get over this. We will keep Sheryl alive by sharing memories… You don’t get to take that away.”
In the public gallery, relatives of the victims and the survivor of Levy’s brutal rape clutched tissues and held each other. One woman, whose life was saved by a final act of courage from Sheryl, simply said: “My daughter ended your chances of hurting anyone else.”
The Metropolitan Police has apologised for a string of catastrophic failures that left Levy free to murder. Officers and prosecutors failed to act on increasing risks despite years of warnings. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has already issued misconduct notices.
Yet for Lindsey Hicks and her family, the greatest consolation remains: justice was served. Simon Levy will never walk free again. He will rot in prison until his last breath, exactly as the sister who sacrificed everything demanded.
This case has shocked the nation and sparked calls for urgent review of bail and monitoring systems. But above all, it has reminded us why whole-life sentences exist – not as punishment, but as the only way to protect innocent women from predators like Simon Levy.
Sheryl Wilkins, Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, and the survivor whose courage saved countless others can now rest in peace. Their families will live for them. And Simon Levy? He will spend the rest of his miserable life behind bars – exactly where he belongs.
