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‘Wicked’ suitcase killer who murdered couple jailed for at least 42 years

Ellie Ng
Double killer Yostin Andres Mosquera
Double killer Yostin Andres Mosquera (Metropolitan Police/PA)
  • Yostin Andres Mosquera has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years for the double murder of a couple.
  • Mosquera, 35, killed civil partners Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on 8 July last year in their flat in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.
  • He decapitated and dismembered the victims, freezing parts of their remains and dumping the rest in suitcases near Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
  • A jury at Woolwich Crown Court unanimously convicted Mosquera of both murders, and he also pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing child pornography.
  • Mr Justice Bennathan described the crimes as 'premeditated and thoroughly wicked', noting Mosquera had been staying with the couple.
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