A MAN who took suitcases containing the body parts of two men from west London to Bristol has been found guilty of murder.
Yostin Andres Mosquera, aged 35, of Shepherd’s Bush Green, was convicted by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court following the deaths of Paul Longworth, 71, and Albert Alfonso, 62.
Although he admitted killing Albert, Mosquera had denied murder, admitting only the lesser offence of manslaughter. He also denied murdering Paul, claiming his long-term partner, Albert, had killed him instead.
Mosquera will be sentenced at the same court in October.
Following the trial, Detective Chief Inspector Ollie Stride, from the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command who led the investigation, said: “This has been one of the most harrowing murders my team have ever investigated, a case that will stay with many of us for a long time.
“Paul and Albert had known one another for decades. They were in a loving, committed relationship and welcomed Mosquera into their home. They did not deserve to have their lives taken away from them in the most traumatising of circumstances.”
Detective Inspector Neil Meade, of Avon and Somerset Police’s Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Mosquera had no connection to Bristol and during the trial we’ve heard he chose to travel here in an attempt to dispose of Albert and Paul’s remains and hide his despicable crimes.
“A large number of police officers and members of staff were involved in our investigation and they deserve massive credit, along with colleagues at the Metropolitan Police, in helping ensure he could be brought to justice.”
The court heard that Mosquera had got to know both men, who were in a civil partnership, over a number of years, and had been staying with them at their flat for the month before their murders.
Mosquera was involved in a consensual sexual relationship with Albert, one which Paul was aware of and lovingly accepted. The court heard Albert simply had no reason to kill his partner, Paul, despite Mosquera’s defence that the two of them were in a coercive relationship.
It was while Albert was at work that Mosquera killed Paul. The post-mortem revealed Paul had died from multiple severe blunt force traumas to the head with a hammer, with injuries on his hands suggesting he’d try to defend himself. Mosquera hid the body under the bed.
Albert arrived home early evening. The killing was captured on cameras which had been set up in Albert’s bedroom to record a sex session between him and Mosquera. The footage showed Mosquera performing sex acts on Albert in his bedroom, before repeatedly stabbing him and cutting his throat.
Mosquera booked a van with a driver, and two days after the murders, he travelled with two suitcases containing body parts to the Mall Pub near the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
He caught a taxi the rest of the way to the bridge and caught the attention of local residents, asking him if he needed help with what would be confirmed as enormously heavy cases, with a red substance leaking out, which Mosquera claimed was oil. One witness filmed Mosquera acting suspiciously before Mosquera attempted to knock the phone out of his hand and ran away.
The police were alerted to his suspicious behaviour and a murder investigation was launched after officers discovered the body parts inside the cases.
An address label led police back to Shepherds Bush Green where Met officers found crucial evidence in a search of the property, including the decapitated heads of both men in a chest freezer. The murder weapons were found close by.