{"podcast":{"title":"The Trial","slug":"the-trial-5790383","podcast_index_feed_id":5790383,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6846a44139bad1b901380164","website_url":"https://www.thecrimedesk.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6846a44139bad1b901380164/1759240966589-3e7c3602-d04a-4667-bdc8-aa7f72332e15.jpeg","author":"The Crime Desk","episode_count":112,"summary":"The Trial goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts. For ad-free listening to The Trial, exclusive bonus episodes every week, and complete access to previous series of the show, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Visit www.thecrimedesk.com to become a member. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:19:41.763455+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383"},"episode":{"title":"Simon Levy: The Sexual Predator on Trial","slug":"simon-levy-the-sexual-predator-on-trial","published_at":"2026-06-30T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383/simon-levy-the-sexual-predator-on-trial","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-trial/episodes/simon-levy-a-serial-sexual-predator-sexual-predator-on-trial","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6846a44139bad1b901380164/e/6a42d3086c42755eb6ac8108/media.mp3","summary":"In this new series Caroline and Nick cover the trial of Simon Levy, a sexual predator who’s now on trial for rape and murder. The allegation is he targeted three vulnerable women in London “thinking that he would get away with it.” He allegedly raped one woman before murdering two more over an eight month period in 2025. The final alleged murder was committed when he was on bail after being arrested for an earlier attack.  Today, as the trial got underway the jury were also told that Levy already has convictions for sexually assaulting 13 women dating back to 2018. Subscribe via  thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’)   Presenter: Caroline Cheetham and Nick Fagge Actor: Alfie Mulcahy Editor: Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham 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 sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter . It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this new series Caroline and Nick cover the trial of Simon Levy, a sexual predator who’s now on trial for rape and murder. The allegation is he targete…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1293,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trial-5790383/episodes/simon-levy-the-sexual-predator-on-trial/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-5790383/simon-levy-the-sexual-predator-on-trial.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}