{"id":66527,"date":"2025-05-01T20:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66527\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:02:13","slug":"label-on-suitcase-dumped-in-bristol-led-police-straight-to-freezer-containing-human-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/66527\/","title":{"rendered":"Label on suitcase dumped in Bristol led police straight to freezer containing human heads"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cyclist spotted a suspicious man on Clifton Suspension BridgeNews<\/a><\/p>\n

Helen William, PA<\/strong> and Oliver Astley<\/strong> Content editor<\/p>\n

16:37, 01 May 2025Updated 16:43, 01 May 2025<\/p>\n

\"ForensicForensic officers at an address in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, after human remains were found in two suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol(Image: PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/p>\n

A label on a suitcase containing body parts dumped in Bristol led police straight to a freezer containing two human heads belonging to Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial at the Old Bailey<\/a> accused of murdering the couple in July 11 last year in the flat the two shared in Scotts Road, Shepherd\u2019s Bush, west London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is also suspected of chopping up their bodies to fit into two suitcases before travelling to Bristol and attempting to dispose of most of their remains by throwing the luggage off Clifton<\/a> Suspension Bridge.<\/p>\n

Police searched the address on the label of the silver suitcase and found Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth\u2019s decapitated heads in a chest freezer along with various other body parts, the court heard. Some readers may find parts of this story distressing.<\/p>\n

The jury in the double murder trial has today, Thursday, May 1, watched footage of the suspected double killer grappling and then killing one of his alleged victims in a \u201cfrenzied stabbing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The footage, along with its soundtrack which captured the sound of someone appearing to struggle to breathe, was watched in silence by the jury.<\/p>\n

He appears to say, \u201cYou like it?\u201d as he stabbed Albert Alfonso to death.<\/p>\n

The defendant admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso by way of loss of self-control, but denies both charges of murder \u2013 the prosecution claims Mosquera was \u201cin complete control\u201d of his \u201cstrategic and premeditated\u201d actions.<\/p>\n

Mr Alfonso’s death captured on four cameras<\/p>\n

Mr Alfonso\u2019s death was captured on four cameras that were up in his bedroom to record sex sessions with Mosquera, 35, who is then seen singing and dancing in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n

Mr Justice Bennathan had previously warned the jury \u201cit is not an easy watch\u201d and the added soundtrack that was played on Thursday potentially \u201cheightens\u201d any distress in seeing it.<\/p>\n

On Thursday prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the jury: \u201cHe takes hold of Mr Alfonso\u2019s chin with his left hand and pulls Mr Alfonso\u2019s head back, and then with his right hand in which he is holding the knife he stabs him.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cMr Alfonso gets to his feet and tries to defend himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds can be heard along with Mosquera appearing to say in English, \u201cDo you like?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosquera ‘sang and danced’ as Mr Alfonso died\"CourtCourt drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Yostin Andres Mosquera appearing at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court,(Image: 2024 PA Media, All Rights Reserved)<\/p>\n

PC Nick Swire, the CCTV officer, said: \u201cYou can see Mosquera apply a knife to Mr Alfonso and blood is seen to flow down his chest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosquera had Mr Alfonso in a headlock and screaming can be heard.<\/p>\n

Mr Swire said: \u201cThis is the start of the frenzied stabbing to the torso and the chest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The men, who are both naked, are seen struggling with each other and wrestling to the ground.<\/p>\n

Mr Swire stated that at one point you can hear a change of breathing sound as Mr Alfonso\u2019s \u201cbody goes limp and he loses consciousness\u201d.<\/p>\n

The footage ends with Mr Alfonso on the ground and, Mr Swire said, \u201cthere is significant blood flowing from the neck area to the floor\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mosquera is then seen singing a song in Spanish and doing a dance, before sitting down to look at a computer.<\/p>\n

Cash withdrawn from Mr Alfonso’s bank account<\/p>\n

The prosecution say that on July 8, Mosquera allegedly killed Mr Longworth and later Mr Alfonso in their flat and then \u201cset about trying to steal from them\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Heer previously said: \u201cPaul Longworth had been attacked with a hammer to the back of his head, suffering repeated blows, which shattered his skull.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlbert Alfonso had been repeatedly stabbed, suffering multiple wounds to his torso, his body, and his face and to his neck.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of that is in dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court heard examination of the computer showed Mosquera created a PowerPoint of the couple\u2019s banking information, accessed a spreadsheet which contained their passwords for online banking and attempted to access Mr Alfonso\u2019s different accounts to transfer money \u2013 including trying to send \u00a34,000 to his own account in Colombia.<\/p>\n

He made several cash withdrawals from Mr Alfonso\u2019s different bank accounts, obtaining at least \u00a3900 before the transactions started getting declined, the court was told.<\/p>\n

Mosquera is also said to have messaged Mr Alfonso\u2019s manager the morning after the killing from the victim\u2019s phone explaining he was flying to Costa Rica for a family emergency and planned to stay for around eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Cyclist spots Mosquera on Clifton Suspension Bridge\"TheThe scene at the Clifton Suspension Bridge after a man dumped two suitcases containing human remains and ran off(Image: Bristol Post \/ submitted)<\/p>\n

At around 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.<\/p>\n

The witness also spied a large silver trunk a few metres away from the defendant before Mosquera told him the luggage contained car parts, jurors were told.<\/p>\n

Ms Heer said: \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prosecution alleges Mosquera took the suitcases to the landmark to \u201cdispose\u201d of them, but the jury heard he was questioned by the cyclist and bridge staff who \u201cnoticed that something was leaking from the (red) suitcase\u201d, before abandoning both items and running away.<\/p>\n

The police were called and officers discovered the cases contained body parts.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cyclist spotted a suspicious man on Clifton Suspension BridgeNews Helen William, PA and Oliver Astley Content editor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,18959,33019,30,188,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-66527","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","11":"tag-clifton-suspension-bridge","12":"tag-courts","13":"tag-crime","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114434365455783775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66527","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=66527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}