London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
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Vincent Saxon, 54, has admitted to attempting to rape a woman on a Bakerloo line train. The incident occurred on July 11 between Waterloo and Lambeth North stations. Saxon pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court on September 17 and will be sentenced on October 30.
Jonathan Soares, 20, from Lambeth, has pleaded guilty to 12 charges, including importing illegal zombie knives and fraud, at Inner London Crown Court. Police seized 650 weapons as part of the investigation.

An 85-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault and exposure following two alleged incidents on the Northern Line. Constantine Fernando is due to appear at Inner London Crown Court next month.

Simon Levy, 41, serving a whole-life sentence for two murders in Tottenham, appeared via videolink at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to deny charges of assaulting prison officer Paul Dunne. The case has been sent to Inner London Crown Court for trial on 14 September.

Simon Levy, 40, has been sentenced to six years in prison plus a three-year licence period for sexually assaulting 11 women on London’s Tube and Overground networks between 2022 and 2025. Victims described lasting trauma, while the court heard Levy was arrested and released three times during the offending period.

A thief who stole a £175,000 suitcase from a woman outside St Pancras Station after offering her a tissue has been jailed for 22 months. Bilal Arbaoui, of Neasden, pleaded guilty to theft and was ordered to pay a £187 surcharge.

A jury at Inner London Crown Court convicted St James and Lindner Prater of health and safety breaches after a 130 kg glass pane fell 25 storeys, killing coach driver Mick Ferris in 2018. A similar incident occurred at the same building in 2017 without injury.
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.