A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple before freezing parts of their remains and bringing the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court has heard. Yostin Andres Mosquera faces trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year in the flat the two shared in Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush, west London.The defendant, 35, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, but denies and is being tried on both charges of murder.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told jurors at the Old Bailey on Wednesday that Mosquera “could hardly deny” killing Mr Alfonso, telling them the attack took place while the defendant and Mr Alfonso were having sex – with both the sex and the killing recorded on film. But the court heard Mosquera blames Mr Alfonso for the death of Mr Longworth.Mr Alfonso, who worked as a swimming instructor, and retired handyman Mr Longworth were described by neighbours as a “friendly couple who seemed happy together and who were genuinely fond of one another”.
They entered into a civil partnership in February 2023. The court heard Mr Alfonso liked “extreme sex” which Mr Longworth, who knew about it and accepted it, had “nothing to do with”.
Mr Alfonso would engage in acts with other men, including Mosquera, jurors were told – with the defendant described by the prosecution as a “pornographic performer”.
It was said Mosquera visited the UK more than once and spent time with Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth, engaging in sex acts with the former in exchange for payment, and that the couple also visited the defendant in his home country of Colombia.
“They seemed to enjoy one another’s company,” Ms Heer said of the trio.
The prosecutor told the jury that Mosquera “had other matters on his mind” when he visited Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth in June last year.
Analysis of the defendant’s computer allegedly revealed that between June and July 8 he searched for the value of the couple’s west London home, browsed Facebook marketplace for a chest freezer, copied spreadsheets containing Mr Alfonso’s log in details for his online bank accounts onto his laptop and searched for “serial killers of London” and “Jack the Ripper film”.
On July 8, Mosquera allegedly killed Mr Longworth and Mr Alfonso in their flat and then “set about trying to steal from them”.
“Paul Longworth had been attacked with a hammer to the back of his head, suffering repeated blows, which shattered his skull,” Ms Heer said.
“Albert Alfonso had been repeatedly stabbed, suffering multiple wounds to his torso, his body, and his face and to his neck.
“None of that is in dispute.”
At around 11.30pm on July 10, a cyclist making his way across the Clifton Suspension Bridge spotted Mosquera standing next to a large red suitcase and stopped to see if he was OK, thinking he was a tourist, the court heard.
The witness also spied a large silver trunk a few metres away from the defendant before Mosquera told him the luggage contained car parts, jurors were told.
“That was a lie,” prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said.
“In fact, the suitcases contained the decapitated and dismembered bodies of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso, which the defendant had transported to Bristol from their home in London where they had been killed two days before.”
Police found their other remains at their flat in a chest freezer, the court heard.
“The prosecution case is that the defendant murdered both men, that he intended to kill them, that his actions were planned and premeditated and that, having killed them, he immediately set about trying to steal from them,” Ms Heer said.
The trial continues.