Colombian man guilty of murdering elderly UK couple, dumping body parts in suitcases
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 Alfonso – then put some parts of the couple's dismembered bodies in two suitcases and attempted to dispose of the bodies in Bristol, southwest England, before he was caught and charged.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer told jurors at Woolwich Crown Court that Mosquera killed Longworth with a hammer, before stabbing 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 Alfonso – who he alleged had been abusive to him and had threatened his family – had killed Longworth before Mosquera killed Alfonso.
He had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder but admitted the manslaughter of Alfonso by reason of loss of control.
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