Published: 12:00 BST, 17 August 2026 | Updated: 12:01 BST, 17 August 2026
Double killer Simon Levy strangled a prison guard and stabbed him with a pen while he was awaiting trial for murder, a court heard today.
The 41-year-old sexual predator, who murdered two women, raped and almost killed a third while he was on bail for multiple sex attacks, is now facing new charges of strangulation and assault.
Details emerged for the first time today after Levy was sentenced last week to a whole life term for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, Sheryl Wilkins, 39, and the near-fatal suffocation and rape of a third woman last year.
Westminster Magistrates‘ Court heard that the partially blind murderer leapt on a male prison officer during a meeting in Belmarsh Prison on February 18 this year.
He is accused of stabbing the guard a number of times with the ‘weapon’ towards his neck and in the arm.
Prosecutor David Burns told the court: ‘He attacked him, stabbing him with a pen multiple times to the arm and towards the neck.’
When the officer fell to the floor during the alleged assault, Levy is said to have grabbed his throat.
The prosecutor went on: ‘He got hold of him around the throat and he felt his grip tighten around his throat.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard that the partially blind murderer leapt on a male prison officer during a meeting in Belmarsh Prison on February 18 this year
Levy was sentenced last week to a whole life term for two murders, including that of Sheryl Wilkins, 39, and the near-fatal suffocation and rape of a third woman last year
The 41-year-old sexual predator murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53
‘The attack is aggravated by the fact that this is an attack on a prison officer.’
But Jason Lartey, defending, said his client denied assaulting the officer in any way.
Levy spoke during the hearing only to confirm his name, date of birth, and to enter not-guilty pleas.
