CCTV has captured the moment a porn star allegedly dumped a suitcase containing a couple’s dismembered bodies on a bridge after killing them.
Yostin Andres Mosquera kept the severed heads of Albert Alfonso, 62 and Paul Longworth, 71, in a chest freezer at their home in London, it is said.
Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial for the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71
Central NewsMosquera allegedly in a taxi on Clifton Suspension Bridge[/caption]
Central NewsA court heard the defendant took the dismembered body parts there in a suitcase to ‘dispose’ of them[/caption]
Mosquera was spotted abandoning the suitcase, the court heard
Two days later, the 35-year-old then allegedly dumped the rest of their remains in a suitcase 116 miles away on the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
CCTV shown to the jury shows Mosquera – Colombian national who had been staying at the couple’s home in Shepherd’s Bush – walking backwards as he drags a heavy red suitcase at about 11.23pm.
Mosquera is seen peering over a bridge wall and trying to rub away a mark, that was left on the floor where the suitcase had been, with his foot.
He then urinates on it, the court heard.
He is approached by two members of staff who manage the bridge, who are called away to an appointment, and is also seen by a cyclist.
Jurors heard Mosquera, a Colombian national, met Albert online before coming to the UK to participate in degrading sex acts with the swimming instructor.
These were posted online, with Mosquera described to jurors as a “pornographic performer”.
The Old Bailey was told his partner Paul had no involvement in the extreme sex side of his partner’s life but accepted it.
Leading up to the horror, Mosquera searched for the value of the couple’s home and browsed Facebook marketplace for a chest freezer, it was said.
He also allegedly copied spreadsheets containing Albert’s log in details for his online bank accounts and searched for “serial killers of London” and “Jack the Ripper film”.
On July 8, Mosquera allegedly repeatedly bludgeoned retired handyman Paul in the back of the head with a hammer.
He then went to have sex with Albert and even asked where Paul was despite knowing he was dead, it was said.
At about 11.30pm on July 10 a cyclist making his way across the Clifton Suspension Bridge spotted Mosquera standing next to a large red suitcase and stopped to see if he was OK, thinking he was a tourist, jurors heard.
The witness also saw a large silver trunk a few metres away from the defendant, and Mosquera told him the luggage contained car parts, jurors were told.
Ms Heer said: “In fact, the suitcases contained the decapitated and dismembered bodies of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso, which the defendant had transported to Bristol from their home in London where they had been killed two days before.”
The prosecution alleges Mosquera took the suitcases to the landmark to “dispose” of them.
But the jury heard he was questioned by the cyclist and bridge staff, who “noticed that something was leaking from the (red) suitcase”, before he abandoned both items and ran away.
The police were called and officers found the cases contained body parts.
Police searched the Scotts Road address on the label of the silver trunk before finding Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth’s decapitated heads, as well as other body parts, at their flat in a chest freezer, the court heard.
Footage of Mosquera grappling and then killing one of his alleged victims in a “frenzied stabbing” was today shown to the jury.
The footage, with a soundtrack which captured the sound of someone appearing to struggle to breathe, was watched in silence by the jury at the Old Bailey in the trial of Yostin Andres Mosquera.
He appears to say “Do you like it?” as he stabbed Albert Alfonso to death.
Mosquera is being tried for the murders of Mr Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year, in the flat the men shared in Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush, west London.
The defendant admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso by way of loss of self-control, but denies and is being tried on both charges of murder.
The prosecution claims Mosquera was “in complete control” of his “strategic and premeditated” actions.
Mr Alfonso’s death was captured on four cameras that were in his bedroom to record sex sessions with Mosquera, 35, who is seen singing and dancing in the aftermath of the attack.
Mr Justice Bennathan had previously warned the jury “it is not an easy watch”, and that the added soundtrack that was played on Thursday potentially “heightens” any distress in seeing it.
On Thursday prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the jury: “He takes hold of Mr Alfonso’s chin with his left hand and pulls Mr Alfonso’s head back, and then with his right hand, in which he is holding the knife, he stabs him.”
She added: “Mr Alfonso gets to his feet and tries to defend himself.
“They then fall to the floor and Mr Mosquera gets on top of Mr Alfonso.
“Mr Alfonso manages to stand up while Mr Mosquera has him in a headlock.”
Mosquera appears to say in English: “Do you like it?”
Pc Nick Swire, the CCTV officer, said: “You can see Mosquera apply a knife to Mr Alfonso and blood is seen to flow down his chest.”
Mosquera had Mr Alfonso in a headlock and screaming can be heard.
Pc Swire said: “This is the start of the frenzied stabbing to the torso and the chest.”
The men, who are both naked, are seen struggling with each other and wrestling to the ground.
Pc Swire said that at one point you can hear a change of breathing as Mr Alfonso’s “body goes limp and he loses consciousness”.
The footage ends with Mr Alfonso on the ground, and Mr Swire said: “There is significant blood flowing from the neck area to the floor.”
Mosquera is then seen singing a song in Spanish and dancing, before sitting down to look at a computer.
The prosecution say that on July 8, Mosquera allegedly killed Mr Longworth and later Mr Alfonso in their flat and then “set about trying to steal from them”.
The court heard examination of the computer showed Mosquera created a PowerPoint of the couple’s banking information, accessed a spreadsheet which contained their passwords for online banking and attempted to access Mr Alfonso’s different accounts to transfer money – including trying to send £4,000 to his own account in Colombia.
He made several cash withdrawals from Mr Alfonso’s different bank accounts, obtaining at least £900 before the transactions began to be declined, the court was told.
Mosquera is also said to have messaged Mr Alfonso’s manager the morning after the killing, from the victim’s phone, explaining he was flying to Costa Rica for a family emergency and planned to stay for about eight weeks.
The hearing continues.
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Yostin Andres Mosquera, left, with victims Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth
PAThe court heard Mosquera had created a PowerPoint of the couple’s banking information[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
