The director of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apologises and says the court should have been told that convicted sex offender Simon Levy was being investigated for even more serious offences when it considered whether to release him on bail.
The apology follows Levy, 40, receiving a rare whole-life sentence for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, and the rape of another woman. The CPS director states that staff failings meant the bail court did not have the information that Levy faced investigations for rape and murder.
Across coverage, the focus is on what information was (and was not) provided to the court during bail proceedings, and what steps the prosecution service plans to take in response. The CPS director also says the organisation will increase staffing, aiming to prevent similar shortcomings in future cases.
