A man charged with murdering a sex worker and raping another while he was on bail for ‘eight Tube attacks on women’ has refused to appear in court today.
Simon Levy, 40, is accused of carrying out attacks on multiple women which culminated in the murder of sex worker Sheryl Wilkins, 39, whose body was found in a Tottenham car park on August 24.
Levy is also accused of raping and strangling a second victim, who cannot be named, on January 21.
The 40-year-old had been due to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink today but refused.
He has also been charged with a string of other assaults on the London Underground between October 2023 and May 2025.
The Tube attacks are said to have occurred across the transport network – between Mile End and Stratford, at Stoke Newington, Chancery Lane, Liverpool Street and at Seven Sisters underground station.
Yesterday, it emerged he had sexually assaulted a prison officer at HMP Brixton on April 4 2022 by squeezing her buttocks.
This means 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.
A court sketch of Simon Levy. The 40-year-old is accused of carrying out attacks on multiple women which culminated in the murder of sex worker Sheryl Wilkins
Levy, who is blind in one eye, was first arrested in November 2024 for carrying out a sex attack at Chancery Lane station on October 21 and released on bail.
This failed to stop Levy from allegedly raping and strangling a prostitute after refusing to pay just two months later.
In May he was charged for three sexual assaults but released by a magistrate with the condition not to travel on public transport.
Despite this, Levy carried out a further assault at Westminster Tube station on May 29, it is claimed and he has since been accused of breaching bail conditions after being caught on the tube on June 20.
He was still on bail when he allegedly murdered Ms Wilkins.
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.
Levy allegedly murdered Sheryl Wilkins (pictured) while he on bail. Her body was found in a Tottenham car park on August 24
Levy refused to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink today and District Judge Ashwinder Kaur Gill adjourned the hearing until October 24.
He is due to stand trial at Inner London Crown Court for the sex assaults on London Underground network and the Brixton prison officer on January 26 2026.
He is also due to stand trial Old Bailey trial for murder, strangulation, causing grievous bodily harm and two counts of rape next June.
Levy, who has indicated he will deny all the offences, was remanded in custody in his absence today.