A man who murdered two men and dumped their dismembered remains in suitcases near Clifton Suspension Bridge has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 40 years. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, killed civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, in their flat in Shepherd's Bush, west London, in July last year.
Mr Justice Bennathan described Mosquera as an 'odd man' who committed 'premeditated and thoroughly wicked crimes'. The judge added that Mosquera 'may never be safe to set free'. The Colombian national was told he would be deported back to Colombia if he was ever released.
Mosquera repeatedly stabbed Alfonso, who sustained injuries to his torso, face and neck, while Longworth was hit with a hammer on the back of his head and his skull was shattered. He then decapitated and dismembered the bodies, froze parts of their remains and took the rest in suitcases to Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
A jury at Woolwich crown court unanimously found Mosquera guilty of both murders in July. He had admitted killing Alfonso but claimed it was manslaughter by reason of loss of control, and denied murdering Longworth. The court heard that Mosquera made computer searches for the phrase 'where on the head is a knock fatal?' on the day of the killings.
Mosquera also pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images of children, including 1,500 category A images. He was sentenced to 16 months for these offences to run concurrently with his life sentence.
