Colombian Man Jailed 42 Years for Dismembering Couple

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years after being convicted of murdering civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, at their Shepherd’s Bush flat on 8 July 2024. Court evidence showed Mosquera repeatedly stabbed Mr Alfonso during a filmed "extreme sex" session — footage captured him asking "do you like it?" and later singing and dancing while covered in blood — and bludgeoned Mr Longworth with a hammer before decapitating and dismembering both men. He froze some body parts at the flat, carried other remains in suitcases and dumped them near Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge two days later, where passers-by saw blood seeping from the cases and a cyclist’s footage helped identify him. A jury at Woolwich Crown Court unanimously found him guilty and Mr Justice Bennathan described the killings as premeditated and "thoroughly wicked." Mosquera also pleaded guilty to possessing at least 1,500 category A indecent images and videos of children and received a concurrent 16-month sentence, and prosecutors said he attempted to access the couple’s bank accounts and was partly motivated by financial gain.