A man ‘decapitated and dismembered’ west London couple, court hears

1st May, London

Yostin Mosquera is accused of killing, decapitating, and dismembering a couple in Shepherd’s Bush, with body parts found near a famous bridge in London.

A porn star allegedly decapitated and dismembered a couple before storing their severed heads in a freezer and dumping the rest of their remains in suitcases at a popular landmark, a court in the United Kingdom heard.

​A grim murder trial is ongoing at London’s Old Bailey, where 35-year-old Colombian pornographic performer Yostin Andres Mosquera (35) is accused of the horrific murders of a West London couple, Albert Alfonso (62) and Paul Longworth (71), at their West London apartment on July 8, 2024.

 Prosecutors say that Mosquera killed and dismembered the couple in their Shepherd’s Bush flat. Longworth was allegedly beaten with a hammer, while Alfonso was stabbed to death during a sex act that was recorded. 

After the murders, Mosquera is said to have kept the victims’ severed heads in a chest freezer and carried other body parts in suitcases to Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge, where police later found them.  

Mosquera, a Colombian national, had been hired to have “extreme sex” with Alfonso when he attacked and killed him, the Old Bailey court in London heard. He admitted to the manslaughter of Alfonso during a hearing on Tuesday, but the prosecution rejected his plea.

Mosquera “could hardly deny” killing Alfonso, as the attack took place while the pair were having sex, and both the sex and the death were filmed, prosecuting attorney Deanna Heer KC said. Alfonso liked having “extreme sex” with Mosquera and another unidentified man, whom Longworth knew about and accepted but had “nothing to do with,” the prosecutor said.

The prosecution denied his plea, offering evidence such as recorded video, social media photos with the victims, and gruesome pre-murder internet searches. Moreover. 

The trial continues, with prosecutors contending that the murders were premeditated and calculated. These degrading acts were often filmed and posted online, with Mosquera described as a “pornographic performer” by the prosecution.

Mosquera had visited the UK from Colombia more than once, spending time with the couple and having sex with Alfonso in exchange for money, and the couple also visited Mosquera in his South American home country.

Mosquera is accused of trying to steal more than $5,000 from the victims’ accounts after the murders.

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