Man guilty of murdering couple before dumping their remains in suitcases
A man who murdered two men and dumped their remains in suitcases near Clifton Suspension Bridge has been found guilty of murder.
Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, killed civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year in their flat in Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush, west London.
Mosquera, who was also staying with the couple, 'decapitated and dismembered' them, froze parts of their remains and brought the rest in suitcases to Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
He repeatedly stabbed Alfonso, who suffered injuries to his torso, face and neck, while Longworth was attacked with a hammer to the back of his head and his skull shattered.
Mosquera planned to hurl the suitcases over the bridge to dispose of the remains after the 'calculated and premeditated' killings, prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said. He admitted killing Alfonso but said he 'lost control'.
He pleaded not guilty to murdering both men and insisted Alfonso killed Longworth. It took a jury five hours and three minutes to unanimously find Mosquera guilty.
Justice Bennathan KC, said he would sentence Mosquera on October 24, saying: 'I am not going to pass sentence on you today, although the only one I can pass on you is one of life imprisonment.
'I am going to order a psychiatric report on you. It is in your interests to cooperate with the psychiatrist so that I can decide the minimum term you are going to serve.'
Days after the murders, a cyclist on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Brighton spotted Mosquera around 11.30 pm next to a large red suitcase.
The cyclist thought he was a tourist and stopped to ask if he was okay. He noticed a silver trunk a few metres away from Mosquera.
The defendant told the cyclist he was from Colombia and that the suitcases contained car parts – but they contained the dismembered bodies of Longworth and Alfonso.
Alfonso and Longworth's decapitated heads were found by police in a chest freezer in their flat, the court heard.
Alfonso, a swimming instructor, and Longworth, a retired handyman, had been living together before their death.
On July 8 last year, Alfonso worked an early shift at the gym, and it was while he was out, Mosquera killed Longworth, the court heard. More Trending
Alfonso was killed at about 10.15 pm in his bedroom, before searching Facebook Marketplace to search for a freezer, and he searched 'where on the head is a knock fatal' on Google and YouTube.
Footage shown in court showed Mosquera later having sex with Alfonso, before ending the sexual encounter by 'repeatedly stabbing' Alfonso and 'cutting his throat'.
He then started using Alfonso's computer, and examination of the computer shows the defendant looking at banking information – before trying to send £4,000 to his account in Colombia.
Mosquero was arrested on July 13 at about 2.15 am after being found sitting on a bench outside Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the jury was told.
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