Clifton Suspension Bridge suitcase killer found guilty of double murder
Yostin Mosquera murdered two men in a London flat before travelling to Bristol with their dismembered remains stuffed into suitcases, which he left on the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
A man who killed two former partners in their London flat, dismembered their bodies, and dumped the remains in suitcases on the Clifton Suspension Bridge has been found guilty of double murder.
Yostin Mosquera, 35, was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court this week for the brutal killings of Paul Longworth, 71, and Albert Alfonso, 62, in July 2024.
Yostin Mosquera via SWNS
The attack and its disturbing aftermath shocked both London and Bristol, after blood was seen dripping from luggage left on the iconic bridge.
Mosquera, a Colombian national, had first met Mr Alfonso online in 2012. The two later became involved in what prosecutors described as an “extreme sex” scene. In 2023, Mosquera travelled to London to meet Alfonso and Longworth in person.
In July 2024, Mosquera was invited back to stay at their flat in Shepherd’s Bush. During that visit, he launched what the prosecution called a “calculated” and “premeditated” double homicide.
He bludgeoned Mr Longworth to death with a hammer, hiding his body inside a divan bed. Hours later, he fatally stabbed Mr Alfonso during a filmed sex act.
The court heard Mosquera then dismembered and froze parts of both bodies before packing others into suitcases. Travelling to Bristol, he attempted to throw the cases from Clifton Suspension Bridge.
However, he was unable to lift them over the barrier, and so he left them on the bridge instead, where horrified members of the public discovered them leaking blood.
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In court, Mosquera admitted to killing Mr Alfonso but claimed it was manslaughter due to a loss of control, alleging he feared for his life. He also tried to blame the murder of Mr Longworth on Alfonso and alleged that threats had been made to his family in Colombia.
Jurors were shown disturbing footage of Mosquera singing and dancing in the aftermath of the killings. After five hours of deliberation, the jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts of murder.
Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth (via Metropolitan Police)
Mr Justice Bennathan told the jury: “These were terrible, brutal events… to read about it is a dreadful thing, but to see it is really shocking.” He ordered a psychiatric report on Mosquera and set a sentencing date for 24 October, where the only possible sentence is life imprisonment.
Detective Chief Inspector Ollie Stride of the Met Police described the case as “one of the most harrowing murders my team has ever investigated,” adding: “Paul and Albert were murdered in the most brutal and callous of ways in their own home.”
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