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’s plan was 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 Mr Alfonso killed Mr Longworth. It took a jury five hours and three minutes to unanimously find Mosquera guilty.
Mr 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.’
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.
