About this episode

The episode discusses the conviction of Simon Levy for multiple crimes and the systemic failures that allowed him to remain free.

Simon Levy has just been convicted of murdering two women and of raping a third. After hearing six weeks of evidence the jury at the Old Bailey decided his crimes did escalate, from serial sexual assault in public places to rape and murder. But we can know now he should and could have been stopped sooner. In this episode Caroline and Nick have all the details from the case including the catastrophic failures which allowed him to remain free for months. Failures of two police forces, the Crown Prosecution Service, and the courts. And we ask the question: Is violence against women and girls ever going to be taken seriously? Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/simon-levy Follow us on TikTok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’)   Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Nick Fagge Editor: Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini   A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Caroline Cheetham, Nick Fagge

Topics covered

• murder
• sexual assault
• police failures
• justice system
• violence against women

Keywords

• Simon Levy
• murder
• rape
• Old Bailey
• police failures
• violence against women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crown Prosecution Service, Daily Mail

Places: Old Bailey

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