{"id":65314,"date":"2025-05-01T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/65314\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:31:19","slug":"bristol-suitcase-murder-trial-couples-flat-was-heavily-bloodstained-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/65314\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol suitcase murder trial: Couple’s flat was ‘heavily bloodstained’, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"

Body parts were found in suitcases at the Clifton Suspension Bridge<\/p>\n

21:31, 30 Apr 2025Updated 06:47, 01 May 2025<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice at the Clifton Suspension Bridge.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

Bedrooms inside the flat of two men who died in west London were covered in blood, a court has heard.<\/p>\n

The ongoing trial of Yostin Andres Mosquera, accused of murdering<\/a> Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on or before July 11 last year in the flat the two shared in Scotts Road, Shepherd\u2019s Bush, west London, started on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Body parts belonging to the two men were found on the Clifton Suspension Bridge<\/a> in two suitcases in July of last year.<\/p>\n

Mosquera, 35, admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, but prosecution did not accept his plea and the defendant is being tried on both charges of murder.<\/p>\n

During the first day of the trial, prosecutor Deanne Heer KC spoke about the search of Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth\u2019s flat, which uncovered blood-soaked bedrooms, a bloodstained knife and a number of sex toys.<\/p>\n

Ms Heer said Mr Alfonso\u2019s room was \u201cheavily bloodstained\u201d with \u201ca large amount of blood spatter\u201d.<\/p>\n

Forensics also found bloodstaining on the threshold of Paul Longworth\u2019s bedroom, towels \u201csaturated with blood\u201d, and a patch of hair on the edge of the bed.<\/p>\n

Ms Heer said it was likely Mr Longworth\u2019s body was hidden inside the bed after he was killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlood spatter, caused by airborne blood, was found on the ceiling, walls and mirrors in the bathroom and in the shower enclosure where diluted blood was also found, suggesting that blood was being cleaned from objects or people in this room,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Police also recovered strap-on prosthetic penises, sex toys, a bloodstained knife, and electronic devices in the communal bins.<\/p>\n

The court also heard how Mosquera \u2018remained at large\u2019 until he was arrested sitting on a bench outside Bristol Temple Meads station at 2.15am on July 13.<\/p>\n

The defendant had with him a rucksack with a wallet, passport, and phone, wearing only one shoe and a red t-shirt stained with Albert Alfonso’s blood.<\/p>\n

Under questioning the next day, he said he injured his foot running away the day before his arrest when his shoe came off, and that he cut his elbow in Colombia when he was carrying bricks.<\/p>\n

To the other questions he made no comment.<\/p>\n

Ms Heer says Mosquera admits killing Mr Alfonso, but denies murdering him due to loss of self-control, and that he denies murdering Paul Longworth, instead blaming Mr Alfonso.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, the court heard how Mosquera made his way to Clifton Suspension Bridge <\/a>, where the suitcases containing body parts of the victims were found.<\/p>\n

Other body parts, and both of the victim\u2019s heads, were found in the chest freezer at the flat of the victims.<\/p>\n

The trial continues today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Body parts were found in suitcases at the Clifton Suspension Bridge 21:31, 30 Apr 2025Updated 06:47, 01 May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,33019,188,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-65314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-clifton-suspension-bridge","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114431884224645595","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}