Man whose body was found in suitcase ‘raped and blackmailed teenager'

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07-05-2025

A man whose dismembered body was later found in a suitcase had raped and blackmailed a teenager, a court heard.
The remains of Alberto Alfonso, 62, were found alongside those of Paul Longworth, 71, in a suitcase and trunk left near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in July last year.
Yostin Andres Mosquera, a 35-year-old porn star, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of their murders, which he denies, although he admits to the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso.
On Wednesday, a witness giving evidence under the pseudonym James Smith told the court he had been groomed by Mr Alfonso.
Mr Smith said he first met Mr Alfonso nearly 20 years ago when he was about 17 or 18 and had gone to his flat for drinks after meeting at a rugby match.
Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial for murder at the Old Bailey - Central News
He said he remembered drinking heavily and then waking up with a 'banging headache'.
'I said to him, 'What's happened?' He showed me a video of me on all fours and he was penetrating me,' Mr Smith told the court.
'I didn't know what to do. I was mortified. At this point I didn't know my sexuality – I was confused and scared.
'[Being a] black boy in London, gay, whether you were drunk or not – it didn't matter.'
He said Mr Alfonso told him, 'Don't worry, I'm not going to show anyone,' but said that if he did 'favours', the video would never be shared.
Forensic officers in Shepherd's Bush, west London, where the couple lived and are believed to have been killed - Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Under cross-examination, Tom Little KC, the defence barrister, asked: 'Does it cross your mind, looking back, that you were raped?'
'Now, yes,' Mr Smith replied.
'And does it cross your mind that your drink may have been spiked?' the barrister asked.
'Now, yes.'
'Does it cross your mind that you were groomed by Albert Alfonso?'
'Now, yes,' Mr Smith said.
Mr Alfonso told him he was interested in 'black dominatrix' fantasies and described fetishes involving 'master-slave' dynamics.
The two then began meeting regularly, with Mr Alfonso paying him about £150 for each sexual encounter, the court heard.
Over time, the meetings became routine and involved consensual acts including domination.
Mr Smith told jurors he wore a mask during the sex acts, as did Mr Alfonso, and that he would sometimes initiate contact when he needed money.
During the Covid pandemic, he said he became closer with Mr Alfonso and also began spending time with Mr Longworth.
He said he would go on bike rides with them and was occasionally supported financially.
A court drawing of Mosquera at the Old Bailey - Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire
Mr Smith told the court he was later introduced to Mosquera, who was described by Mr Alfonso as a young man from Colombia who was staying with them while attending Ealing College.
He said Mr Alfonso claimed to be paying Mosquera's travel and college fees, and that Mosquera told him he had a wife and child back home, and was 'just doing it for the money'.
'I asked if he was gay or straight – he said he was just doing it for the money. I said, 'Great – so was I',' Mr Smith said.
He said the three had taken part in a sex session together the week before the killings.
Describing the relationship between Mosquera and Mr Alfonso, the witness said: 'Good – very good. He was going to London with him, sightseeing, he seemed fun.
'I didn't see anything that seemed like they disliked each other.'
Speaking about Mr Longworth, he added: 'He wouldn't hurt a fly. After the sessions he would come and sit with us and talk with us.'
Mr Smith described the final time he saw them, on a Friday evening before the bodies were discovered.
'Albert gave me a hug, Paul gave me a hug, and that was the last I heard of those two,' he said.
The trial continues.
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