A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple in London before freezing their severed heads and carrying the rest of their remains to Bristol in a suitcase, a court has heard.
Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial accused of the murders of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, in July last year, in the flat the couple shared in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.
Mr Alfonso was stabbed to death while being filmed and footage shows Mosquera – described by the prosecution as a “pornographic performer” – singing and dancing in the aftermath of the attack, the Old Bailey heard.
Mosquera admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso at a hearing on Tuesday but denies, and is being tried on, both murder charges.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer told jurors Mosquera “could hardly deny” killing Mr Alfonso and said the attack took place while the defendant and victim were having sex.
But Mosquera blames Mr Alfonso for the death of Mr Longworth, the court heard.
Mr Alfonso liked “extreme sex” and engaged in acts with other men, which Mr Longworth knew about and accepted but had “nothing to do with”, jurors were told.
The defendant is said to have visited the UK more than once, spending time with the couple and engaging in sex acts with Mr Alfonso in exchange for payment. The couple also visited him in his home country, Colombia.
When Mosquera visited the UK in June last year, he “had other matters on his mind,” the prosecutor said.
Analysis of his computer allegedly showed that shortly before his trip to the UK, the defendant searched for the value of the couple’s west London home, browsed for a chest freezer and copied spreadsheets with Mr Alfonso’s online banking passwords.
He is alleged to have killed Mr Longworth – who was “attacked with a hammer to the back of the head,” the prosecution said – and later Mr Alfonso, in their home on 8 July 2024.
“Albert Alfonso had been repeatedly stabbed, suffering multiple wounds to his torso, his body, and his face and to his neck,” Ms Heer said.
Jury shown footage of victim’s death
Footage of Mr Alfonso’s killing was shown to the jury, who were warned it is “not an easy watch”.
Prosecutor Ms Heer said Mosquera appears “unconcerned” after the “violent assault”.
“As Mr Alfonso lies on the floor dying, the defendant starts singing and breaks into a dance and then makes his way directly to the desktop computer in Mr Alfonso’s room and starts using it… to look at information about Mr Alfonso’s finances,” she said.
The court heard examination of the computer showed Mosquera accessed a spreadsheet containing the couple’s online banking passwords and attempted to access Mr Alfonso’s accounts to move money – including trying to send £4,000 to his own account.
He made numerous cash withdrawals, obtaining at least £900 before the transactions started being declined, the court heard.
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Cyclist’s encounter with defendant
At around 11.30pm two days later, a cyclist on the Clifton Suspension Bridge saw Mosquera standing next to a large suitcase and stopped to see if he was OK, the jury heard.
The witness also saw a large silver trunk a few metres away from the defendant, who said the luggage contained car parts.
The prosecutor 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.”
Police found the couple’s decapitated heads at their flat in a chest freezer, the court heard.
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Mr Alfonso, a swimming instructor, and Mr Longworth, a retired handyman, were described by neighbours as a “friendly couple who seemed happy together and who were genuinely fond of one another”.
They entered a civil partnership in February 2023.
The trial continues.
