{"id":79746,"date":"2025-05-06T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/79746\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:51:09","slug":"mans-remains-were-found-in-suitcase-alongside-arsenal-towel-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/79746\/","title":{"rendered":"Man\u2019s remains were found in suitcase alongside Arsenal towel, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A head was also found inside a freezerNews<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Hadden, PA<\/strong> and Shannon Brown<\/strong> Reporter<\/p>\n

18:24, 06 May 2025<\/p>\n

\"PaulPaul Longworth and Albert Alfonso(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

The remains of a man who was stabbed to death were found in a suitcase alongside an Arsenal FC towel at Clifton<\/a> Suspension Bridge, a court has heard.<\/p>\n

Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, were allegedly murdered and dismembered before their remains were abandoned at the Bristol landmark in July 2024.<\/p>\n

Yostin Mosquera, 35, is on trial at the Old Bailey, where he denies both murders but admits the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, jurors heard from Dr Deborah Cook, a forensic pathologist who examined the victims\u2019 remains.<\/p>\n

The court was told Mr Alfonso\u2019s remains were found in a red hard-shell suitcase alongside the Arsenal towel.<\/p>\n

Police later discovered his head in the freezer at their flat in west London, which was wearing a swimming cap and black leather eye mask, the court was told.<\/p>\n

Dr Cook said his torso had 13 stab wounds, one of which had penetrated the left lung.<\/p>\n

The injuries were consistent with the use of small kitchen knives, such as paring knives, she said.<\/p>\n

The court was told Mr Longworth had suffered at least ten hammer blows to the head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pattern is in keeping with the forceful use of a hammer,\u201d Dr Cook said.<\/p>\n

Injuries to Mr Longworth\u2019s hands were described as \u201cconsistent with defence-type injuries\u201d, suggesting he had tried to shield himself during the attack.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the court Mr Alfonso appeared to have been sniffing muscle relaxant drugs known as \u201cpoppers\u201d around the time of his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the sexual activity at the time of Mr Alfonso\u2019s death, he was sniffing from a bottle,\u201d Ms Heer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cToxicological analysis might show he was taking what is known colloquially as poppers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court then heard a witness statement from Paul Greenwood, who had worked with both victims on a residential estate in west London.<\/p>\n

He described Mr Alfonso as a \u201cfriendly, talkative boss who could be flamboyant\u201d, and said Mr Longworth was \u201ca jovial man\u201d but also a \u201cborderline alcoholic\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey seemed to have an easy relationship \u2013 I would say they had a symbiotic relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Mr Longworth had once sent him photos of the pair on holiday in Colombia alongside a third man, which were shown to the court.<\/p>\n

Mr Greenwood said he \u201cdid not think any more of the pictures\u201d but has since realised the third man was \u201cYostin, as I now know him\u201d.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A head was also found inside a freezerNews Joe Hadden, PA and Shannon Brown Reporter 18:24, 06 May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[6167,381,748,18959,33019,188,38884,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-79746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-arsenal-fc","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-clifton","12":"tag-clifton-suspension-bridge","13":"tag-crime","14":"tag-daybreakers","15":"tag-england","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114462162194029868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79746","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=79746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}