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In his statement outside court, Det Ch Insp Stride went on to describe the investigation as "incredibly complex", thanking Avon and Somerset Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the witnesses that had submitted evidence.

He also thanked the LGBT+ Independent Advisory Group, which worked with the Metropolitan Police throughout the investigation.

"This is a case which has deeply affected many people from all walks of life - and it has been traumatic for all of my colleagues involved to work on," Det Ch Insp Stride said.

"This sentence sees justice secured for the cold-blooded murder of two innocent men and taken an evil and dangerous offender off our streets," he added.

"Our thoughts remain with all those that knew and loved Paul and Albert - and whilst nothing can bring them back, I hope this sentence offers some semblance of justice and closure as you continue to process the trauma of what happened."

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

Mosquera faces spending the rest of his life in prison after murdering Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth in their flat in London. He must serve a minimum term of 40 years, 264 days.

If he is ever released, he will be deported back to Colombia

Here are five things we learned:

• Thousands of indecent images of children were found when police searched his laptop. Of which 1,500 were category A - the most severe. He pleaded guilty to the child pornography charges, and was sentenced to 16 months.
• A mental health report compiled on Mosquera found he was not suffering any problems when he carried out the murders.
• The judge didn't hold back in his comments about Mosquera. He described him as an "odd man" and an "incompetent criminal".
• Mosquera witnessed children being killed in his hometown when he was young, and a doctor "cautiously expressed the view that that might have brutalised him”.
• Mosquera is going to be held at HMP Belmarsh. Some of its most prolific inmates include Michael Adebolajo – one of the men convicted of murdering British soldier Lee Rigby.

Miranda Jollie, senior crown prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service's homicide team, is speaking outside of court now.

She says Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, were taken from their friends and family "in violent and brutal circumstances".

"It was clear that Yostin Mosquera planned and calculated every action in the lead up to the killings," she says.

Ms Jollie continues: "It is with thanks to diligent members of the public and the police investigation that he was caught, and we were able to piece together extensive evidence that fully revealed the horror of his crimes.

"This was not a straightforward case, despite initial appearances, with Mosquera caught trying to dispose of two bodies.

"He blamed Mr Alfonso for the murder of Mr Longworth before he says he lost control and killed Mr Alfonso.

"To rebut this twisted version of events, and Mosquera's broader efforts to frustrate the prosecution, the prosecution team used witness statements, CCTV footage, digital and forensic evidence to satisfy the jury of his guilt.

"We hope that today's sentence brings some solace to all who knew Paul and Albert, and reassures them that justice has been delivered."

Sarah Turnnidge
BBC News, West of England

Image source, Jonathan Brady/PA Media

Speaking outside court, Det Ch Insp Ollie Stride, from the Metropolitan Police, said the case had been "one of the most harrowing murders" he and his team "had ever investigated".

He added that the team had watched "hundreds of hours of footage", including Mr Alfonso's murder. These images will stay with officers for "a very long time", he said.

"Paul and Albert were murdered in the most brutal and callous of ways.

"They did not deserve to have their lives taken away in the most traumatising of circumstances - in the privacy of their own home, where they had welcomed Mosquera in," he said.

Adam Crowther, presenter of the BBC's In Court podcast, says that speaking to local residents in both Shepherd's Bush where Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth lived, and also in Clifton in Bristol where the bodies of the pair were found, the main theme was that of shock.

Shock that something like this could happen where they lived.

"It's the sort of thing that happens in films, not round here," said one resident where Paul and Albert lived.

The evidence shown to the jury made them visibly recoil in the courtroom earlier this year.

Listen to the podcast series on BBC Sounds.

Fiona Lamdin
Home affairs correspondent, BBC West

I have followed this case from the start and was in court today for Mosquera's sentencing.

His reaction was completely blank. He didn't flicker. But then before leaving the room, he gave a huge smile to the court.

During psychology reports they found him a charming and charismatic man who lacked empathy.

An incompetent criminal, odd, and capable of lying, they felt he was very self-centred.

That really fascinated me because throughout this whole trial, everything has been through a language interpretation. You've never been able to get a sense of him.

Both Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso were really liked in their their neighbourhood, but they kept themselves to themselves.

We were told that Paul had no family and the two bonded when they were young. They didn't have an extensive family.

Let's take a closer look at Mosquera's sentence now.

The judge said the sentence for both murder offences was life imprisonment with a minimum term before deductions of 42 years.

Those sentences are to be served concurrently - meaning they are served at the same time and not added to one another.

The days Mosquera has already served in custody were then deducted, meaning Mosquera was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years, 264 days.

"I stress that is a minimum, you may never be safe to set free," the judge said.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

The judge says he took into account Mosquera's lack of previous convictions in the UK and in Colombia.

"You may never be safe to be set free. I deduct that to be true," he added.

There was not much of a reaction from Mosquera as he was handed a life sentence by the judge.

He stood up and shook his interpreter's hand and then smiled as he spoke to the guards who led him out of the court.

There was no reaction from the public gallery.

Mosquera has been handed a life sentence with a 40-year minimum term, taking into account the time he has already served.

The judge says he cannot be sure Mosquera engaged in "planning that was substantial".

Mosquera is an "odd man", the judge says, saying he cannot be sure that he actually decided to carry out the killings until early July.

The judge says the weapons used - a hammer and knife - were in the victims' flat already, which counts as "significant planning, but not substantial".

He says he doesn't accept the "assertion that there was an element and coercive control".

He added: "You were a sex worker when you two met."

Mr Justice Bennathan goes over the options he has for sentencing and the factors he must consider.

He says the starting point would be a whole-life order if he concludes each murder involved "a substantial degree of premeditation or planning" or "sexual or sadistic conduct".

The starting point would be a 30-year sentence if he concludes the murders were done for gain, he adds.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

Mr Justice Bennathan says psychology reports show Mosquera is "capable of being charming" but "tells lies".

"You grow bored easily, self centeredness, lack of empathy.. anyone who watched you in your trial would have no difficulty seeing this," he added.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

Mr Justice Bennathan says the relationship between Mr Alfonso and Mosquera was "transactional".

"You were well looked after [and given] a gym membership, a trip to Brighton, you began to research the value of the flat."

He added: "That seemed to you a vast amount of money - it was naïve of you to think you could sell it [the flat] after they were dead."

Harriet Robinson

Mosquera is listening to the summing up with his hand over his chin.

He is not looking at the judge, but rather downwards, as his interpreter speaks to him.

They are both sitting behind glass at the back of the court.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

Mr Justice Bennathan describes Mosquera travelling to Bristol with the bodies as a "hopeless endeavour" as the bridge has CCTV, security staff and a high-wired fence.

"Being an incompetent criminal doesn't count as mitigation.

"I'm sure your plan was to return to the flat in London and dispose of the evidence of your crimes," he added.

The judge describes how Mosquera searched on his computer for ways he could get rid of his victims.

Mosquera investigated buying a chest freezer "obviously as a place to store their murdered bodies", stole Alfonso's bank details, and researched where to hit someone on the head to kill them, the judge says.

Leigh Boobyer
BBC News, West of England

The judge, Mr Justice Bennathan, says it was Mr Longworth's and Mr Alfonso's "tragedy that you, Yostin Mosquera, came into their home on the 11 July and killed them both".

“I now have to sentence you for these premeditated and thoroughly wicked crimes," he added.

Mosquera is told he will be deported back to Colombia if he is ever released from prison.

The judge has returned to court and Yostin Mosquera will be sentenced shortly.

We'll have updates throughout and you can watch live at the top of this page.

Warning: The follow updates are likely to contain graphic and distressing content.