Colombian man guilty of murdering UK couple put body parts in suitcases
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Mr Paul Longworth (left) and Mr Albert Alfonso were killed in their London flat in July 2024.
PHOTO: METROPOLITAN POLICE
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- Yostin Andres Mosquera murdered Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth in their London flat in July 2024.
- Mosquera dismembered the bodies, placed parts in suitcases, and attempted to dispose of them at Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge.
- Mosquera was convicted of murder on July 21 after claiming self-defence, and will be sentenced on October 24.
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LONDON – A Colombian national was convicted on July 21 of murdering two men in London before taking parts of their dismembered bodies in suitcases to Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, was visiting 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth at the London flat they shared in July 2024 when he killed the pair and decapitated them, prosecutors said.
Mosquera – who prosecutors said had engaged in extreme sexual acts with Mr Alfonso – then put some of the couple’s dismembered bodies in two suitcases and attempted to dispose of the bodies in Bristol, south-west England, before he was caught and charged.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer told jurors at Woolwich Crown Court that Mosquera killed Mr Longworth with a hammer, before stabbing Mr Alfonso to death after the pair had sex – which was recorded in a video played several times to the jury.
Mosquera said in his evidence that Mr Alfonso – who he alleged had been abusive to him and had threatened his family – had killed Mr Longworth before Mosquera killed Mr Alfonso.
Yostin Andres Mosquera killed the two men before decapitating and dismembering them.
PHOTO: METROPOLITAN POLICE
He had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, but admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso by reason of loss of control.
He was convicted by a jury on July 21 and will be sentenced on Oct 24. REUTERS
