Suitcase murder accused claims he was 'raped every day'

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A man accused of murdering and dismembering a couple claims he was "raped every day" by one of his alleged victims.Yostin Mosquera, 35, denies murdering Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso on 8 July last year at their flat in west London, where he was staying.Mr Mosquera told jurors at Woolwich Crown Court earlier how the alleged abuse made him feel "humiliated, sad and trapped", but never angry.Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC pointed to his "detailed" defence statement produced for the trial, highlighting "there is no mention of Albert Alfonso raping you".
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Mr Mosquera has admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso by way of loss of self-control.He is accused of stabbing him during a recorded sex session at a flat in Shepherds Bush on 8 July 2024.He is also accused of attacking Mr Longworth with a hammer earlier the same day, shattering his skull before hiding his body in a divan bed.
Within minutes of killing Mr Alfonso, Mr Mosquera was trying to look at his bank account online, the court heard.Then in the early hours of the morning, the defendant took Mr Alfonso's bank card and withdrew money from a cashpoint.He claimed he had been promised this money to pay for travel to Brighton.Mr Mosquera is then alleged to have dismembered the two men's bodies, stuffed them into suitcases and taken them to Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in an effort to dispose of them.Mr Mosquera denies murdering either man, and insists Mr Alfonso killed Mr Longworth.
Mr Mosquera alleged the rapes "would happen so quickly because he [Mr Alfonso] would drink beer and not be aware of what was happening".He also claimed there were times when Mr Alfonso was "out of control", telling the court: "I felt humiliated, sad, trapped - I do not get angry with anybody."Under cross-examination, Ms Heer told Mr Mosquera: "You were aware that Mr Alfonso was making money out of posting videos of your sexual activity and that made you feel even more exploited – but you do not mention at all, Mr Mosquera, that Mr Alfonso was raping you every day."Is that because you are making it up?"The defendant replied: "No."
The prosecution said the defendant had got hold of details relating to Mr Alfonso's Barclays, Halifax, Natwest, Moneygram and PayPal accounts.Ms Heer said: "You copied over pages from spreadsheets containing Mr Alfonso's bank account details, user names and ID's, passwords – all of that information you copied on to your computer on 27 June."The purpose of taking this document was because you wanted to steal money from Mr Alfonso."Mr Mosquera replied "no", saying he moved "many documents, not just that one" and he sometimes cleared space on Mr Alfonso's computer.
Ms Heer said that by 4 July 2024, Mr Mosquera had access to all of Mr Alfonso's and Mr Longworth's bank details.Searches on his computer, including one carried out on the morning of the murders, showed the value of the couple's Scotts Road flat.Ms Heer told him: "You were planning to steal from Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth and you were trying to find out what they were worth."But Mr Mosquera said the search was done out of "curiosity like always" and that this information would come up when you put the address into the computer.The trial continues.