Daniel De Simone
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MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case (opens the original)
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The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest. It is the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy whose abuse was uncovered by the BBC. The lies were revealed by the BBC in February 2025, which the security service then vehemently denied. Timothy Otty KC, representing MI5, announced the position during a High Court hearing in London on Friday. He s
Ukrainian guilty of vandalism at mosques linked to Russian network behind Starmer arson attack (opens the original)
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A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to spraying abusive graffiti on mosques in east London, in a case linked to the Russian state network behind arson attacks against the former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer. Illia Bilyk, 21, entered guilty pleas at Thames Magistrates' Court to five counts of racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage. Bilyk sprayed graffiti on the Stratford Islamic Association, Al-Birr Mosque and Leyton Jamia Masjid on 23 January 2025. Two days later he targeted Noor
Families describe the 'unimaginable loss' caused by Simon Levy (opens the original)
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The families of two murder victims and a rape survivor have described the impact double killer and rapist Simon Levy has had on their lives and the "unimaginable loss" he has caused. The 40-year-old was jailed for life on Wednesday for killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, in March 2025 and 39-year-old Sheryl Wilkins five months later. Earlier that year, he raped a third woman in the same Tottenham car park where Wilkins was later found dead. At the Old Bailey on Wednesday, Judge Mark Lucraft
Woman assaulted by double murderer Simon Levy says nightmare became 'real life' when police let him attack again (opens the original)
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A woman who was attacked by double murderer Simon Levy eight years ago has told the BBC the police made her nightmare "real life" by letting him go on to kill and attack more women. Laura, whose surname we are not using, said she had been trying to protect other women by reporting Levy in 2018, but feels betrayed by what he was later allowed to do after being released from jail. Levy was convicted on Friday of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and raping another woman in Lo
Police failings revealed as sex offender Simon Levy left free to murder and attack women (opens the original)
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Warning: Contains graphic details of sexual offences A convicted sex offender murdered two women, raped a third, and sexually assaulted others on public transport, after police, prosecutors and courts made a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets. A jury at the Old Bailey has now found Simon Levy guilty of the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, in London last year - and also the violent rape of another woman in a car park. Levy had b
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