Sentence in grisly murder case for killer who dumped bodies in suitcases

Forensic officers investigate at an address in Shepherd's Bush, west London, after human remains were found in two suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, July 13, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

LONDON — A 35-year-old Colombian man was sentenced Friday to a life sentence with a minimum term of 42 years after killing two men in London and dumping their remains in suitcases in southwest England.

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, killed Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, in July last year in their apartment with a hammer and a knife.

In his sentencing remarks at Woolwich Crown Court in east London, Judge Joel Bennathan said Mosquera may never be released if he doesn’t meet the requirements of parole officers when his minimum tariff expires. Accounting for the time he has already spent in prison, Mosquera won’t be eligible for release for more than 40 years.

A jury at the same court unanimously convicted Mosquera, who had been a sex worker, of both murders earlier this year. He also pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of possessing child pornography.

Mosquera, who was staying with the two men, decapitated and dismembered them, then froze parts of their remains and took the rest to the city of Bristol.

The victims had previously been in a relationship and still lived together, and the assailant had been staying with them at their west London apartment.

Bennathan described the murders as “premeditated and thoroughly wicked” during his sentencing remarks.

“It was their tragedy that you, Yostin Mosquera, came into their lives,” he said.

Mosquera was arrested at a train station in Bristol, three days after the grisly discovery of body parts in suitcases on the city’s Clifton Suspension Bridge. Police found more remains at the victims’ home in London.

The Associated Press