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The 999 call: 'There's blood coming out of the suitcases'

  1. We're concluding our live coverage nowpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time

    With the jury in the case dismissed and a sentencing hearing set for 24 October, we are now bringing our live coverage to a close.

    You can read a rundown of the case here and find out more about it by listening to the Bodies In The Suitcases podcast, external on BBC Sounds.

  2. 'Deeply distressing'published at 17:51 British Summer Time

    In a statement, Det Insp Neil Meade of Avon and Somerset Police's major crime investigation team said Mosquera's crimes had left a significant mark on communities in the area.

    "It was an extremely fast-moving and complex investigation and their understanding, particularly in those early days, was hugely appreciated," he said.

    "Mosquera had no connection to Bristol and during the trial we've heard he chose to travel here in an attempt to dispose of Albert and Paul's remains and hide his despicable crimes.

    "A large number of police officers and members of staff were involved in our investigation and they deserve massive credit, along with colleagues at the Metropolitan Police, in helping ensure he could be brought to justice.

    "I know how concerning this incident was - and still is - for our LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) communities and that some of the details we've heard over the course of the trial will have been deeply distressing. We remain in close contact with community leaders and our partners and are ready to provide any support we can."

  3. Killer searched for chest freezerspublished at 17:43 British Summer Time

    Computer searches for the phrase "where on the head is a knock fatal?" were made by Mosquera on the same day Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth were murdered, a jury at Woolwich Crown Court heard.

    The court was told how "hammer killer" was also typed in, and repeated searches were made for chest freezers in the lead up to the killings.

    Read more from our reporters in court here.

  4. The moment police caught up with Mosquerapublished at 17:37 British Summer Time

    A video showing the moment Avon and Somerset Police apprehended and handcuffed Mosquera at Bristol Temple Meads railway station has now been released.

    It shows police officers restraining Mosquera on the floor outside the railway station and telling him he had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

    Mosquera, who does not speak fluent English and relied on an interpreter throughout his trial, appears to struggle to understand police in the clip and gives his name as Jot Mosquera.

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    Police bodycam footage captures the moment Yostin Mosquera was arrested

  5. What police found in London flatpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time

    Warning: This post contains distressing details.

    An address tag on one of the two suitcases left at Clifton Suspension Bridge gave police the headstart they needed in their investigation.

    It said "9 Scotts Road" which is the flat Mr Longworth and Mr Alfonso lived in in west London. Yostin Mosquera had been staying at the property with them.

    When police arrived, officers found the decapitated heads of the two men inside a chest freezer.

    They also found a hammer on the floor with Mr Longworth's blood on it. There was also blood under Mr Longworth's bed where his body had initially been stored.

    Lastly, police found cameras in Mr Alfonso's bedroom which had captured his murder.

    A hammer lying on a carpeted floor next to a watch and a knife.Image source, Metropolitan Police
    Storage space underneath a bed with clothing and two suitcases in. It also shows blood blurred out.Image source, Metropolitan Police
    A hallway inside a flat with a mirror to the right, with some flowers stuck onto it. Down the hallway is a chest freezer in the middle of a door.Image source, Metropolitan Police
  6. What happened in Bristol?published at 17:20 British Summer Time

    Yostin Mosquera paid for a van driver to take him and the two suitcases containing some of Paul Longworth's and Albert Alfonso's remains from London to Bristol on 10 July last year, the court was told.

    Jurors heard the driver was not told what the suitcases truly contained.

    He dropped Mosquera and the suitcases off near The Mall pub in Clifton at about 22:30 BST.

    It was a warm evening and people were milling about outside pubs after England had just qualified for the Euro's final after a last-minute goal against Netherlands.

    A map showing Bristol, the Clifton Suspension Bridge and Clifton

    Mosquera then called for a taxi to take him 0.2 miles (0.3km) down the road to Clifton Suspension Bridge with the suitcases.

    CCTV showed to the jury captured Mosquera peering over the side of the bridge, down into the Avon Gorge below, and struggling to lift one of the suitcases.

    Minutes later he was challenged by bridge staff and a cyclist, Douglas Cunningham, who chased him on his bike and filmed him.

    CCTV camera showing a car in the distance which is the taxi Mosquera was inImage source, Metropolitan Police

    Mosquera then ran off down Burwalls Road into the night. Police launched a manhunt the next day and Mosquera was arrested in the early hours of 13 July on suspicion of murder.

    He was found by officers sitting on a bench at Bristol Temple Meads railway station.

    A man pictured wearing a black cap and a black jacket, he has a beard.Image source, Police handout
  7. Who is Yostin Mosquera?published at 17:12 British Summer Time

    A man wearing a black jacket is smiling at the camera with a plate of fish and chips in front of him. He appears to be sitting in a pub with the bar and other tables visible behind him..Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr
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    Yostin Mosquera visited the UK twice and stayed with Albert Alfonso

    Yostin Mosquera, 35, is a Colombian national who lived in Medellín, the second biggest city in the South American country.

    The court heard how Mr Mosquera has two children, a boy and a girl, and a female partner.

    He has five brothers and had one sister until she died a few years ago.

    The court was told he served in the military in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, and has only left the country twice. Both times were to visit Mr Alfonso, who paid for Mosquera's travel expenses.

    Mosquera posted many videos of himself online performing sex acts under various pseudonyms. He received money for those videos from customers including Mr Alfonso.

  8. Mr Alfonso paid for Mosquera's trips to UKpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time

    Mr Alfonso paid for the defendant to fly to the UK for the first time in his life in October 2023, where evidence showed the pair sightseeing around London.

    The court heard Mosquera visited Madame Tussauds, a famous waxwork museum, took a trip on an open top bus and on a river boat - all paid for by Mr Alfonso.

    Yostin Mosquera is standing in a pod on the London Eye tourist attraction, smiling at the camera. He is wearing a jumper and a hat, both with "London" written on them. In the background is the London skyline with several skyscrapers in the distance.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr

    In March 2024, Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth travelled to Colombia for a holiday in a luxury resort, which the defendant was invited to and the three spent time together.

    The court heard the defendant then travelled to the UK for a second time in June 2024, staying at their flat, and with the travel again paid for by Mr Alfonso.

    Mr Alfonso arranged a guest membership for Mosquera at his gym, set him up to join his work's five-a-side football team WhatsApp group, and enrolled him on a four-week English language course.

    The three men also travelled to Brighton for a day trip, visiting the pier and where Mosquera was filmed on a zip-wire.

    Three men looking at a camera while on a speed boat ride in a holiday resort.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr
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    L-R: Yostin Mosquera, Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth

  9. Who was Paul Longworth?published at 16:54 British Summer Time

    An image of a man wearing a red T-shirt and a lifejacket on a speedboat at a luxury resort.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr
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    Paul Longworth visited Cartagena in Colombia with Albert Alfonso

    Mr Longworth, 71, was a retired handyman who was described in court as a "typical Irish bloke".

    His friends and neighbours remembered him as an extremely kind man and someone who would "never do anybody any harm".

    The court heard how Mr Longworth enjoyed a drink at his local pubs - the Sindercombe Social, Shepherd and Flock and Central Bar.

    Police said Mr Longworth and Mr Alfonso had lived with each other for 20 years and entered into a civil partnership in 2023.

    Despite later breaking up, they remained best friends and continued to live together.

    The court heard Mr Longworth was dyslexic and relied on Mr Alfonso.

    Mr Longworth was not involved in Mr Alfonso's extreme sex life, although he "knew about it and accepted it", the court was told.

  10. Who was Albert Alfonso?published at 16:48 British Summer Time

    An image of a man with a tattoo on his right arm, smiling at a camera as he sits on a beach underneath a beach umbrella.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr
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    Albert Alfonso met Yostin Mosquera online in 2012

    Albert Alfonso, 62, worked at Mode Club Gym in Acton, west London, and was training to be a lifeguard.

    He grew up in France where he trained at a hotel school before moving to the UK to manage hotels.

    He was previously a general manager at 375 Kensington High Street, a luxury residential estate.

    He was described by those who knew him as funny, authoritative and motivated, and was not open about his private life.

    Throughout the trial, the court heard Mr Alfonso frequently paid for, participated in and shared videos online which featured extreme sex. This was how he and Yostin Mosquera came to know each other.

  11. How did the men know each other?published at 16:40 British Summer Time

    Mosquera, Alfonso and Longworth pose together under a yellow parasol on a beach. All three are smiling at the camera and holding cans of beer.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr

    Paul Longworth, 71, and Albert Alfonso, 62, had previously been a couple. Despite splitting up, they remained close and lived together at a flat in Shepherd's Bush, London.

    Mr Alfonso, a swimming instructor, had previously been a general manager at a luxury residential estate in Kensington. It was here that he met Mr Longworth, a recently-retired handyman, and the two developed a relationship - entering into a civil partnership in February 2023.

    During the trial the court heard Mr Alfonso had an interest in extreme sex and often posted explicit videos online. Mr Longworth did not participate but knew about it and appeared to accept it, the court was told.

    Mosquera, a Colombian national, also posted videos of himself online performing extreme sex acts under various pseudonyms.

    He and Mr Alfonso started speaking via Skype in about 2012, with Mr Alfonso paying Mosquera for sexual videos.

    They first met in person in 2023, when Mr Alfonso paid for Mosquera to visit him in London. Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth also travelled to Cartahenga, Colombia, in March 2024, and paid for Mosquera to meet them there.

    Within just a few months, Mr Mosquera was in London and stayed in their flat before killing the pair on 8 July.

  12. No reason found for taking bodies to bridgepublished at 16:20 British Summer Time

    A police cordon, made up of blue and white tape, across the road in front of Clifton Suspension Bridge. A number of police cars and vans can be seen behind the cordon, as well as police officers.

    Police said they found "no reason" Mosquera took some of Mr Longworth's and Mr Alfonso's remains to Bristol, the senior investigating officer in the case has said.

    Det Ch Insp Ollie Stride of the Metropolitan Police explained Mosquera had initially booked a man with a van to take him to Brighton, where he had been previously with the couple.

    “In his evidence, he said it was another place that began with B but we found nothing to suggest why he went out there at all," said Det Ch Insp Stride - or why the bridge was picked specifically.

    “Clifton Suspension Bridge has high fences across the whole bridge. It has security on the bridge," he added.

    “It has CCTV and within a couple of minutes of him being on the bridge with the suitcases, he was stopped by security, spoken to, and he ran off when the suitcases were found.”

  13. Detective describes 'harrowing' investigationpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time

    Det Ch Insp Ollie Stride of the Metropolitan Police, the senior investigating officer, described the case as "one of the most traumatic, harrowing murder investigations" he had dealt with.

    He said the jury was repeatedly shown a "truly horrendous" video of Yostin Mosquera murdering Albert Alfonso, who he stabbed to death during a recorded sex session.

    Mr Stride said: “We knew that Yostin and Albert had been engaging in sexual activity, but to see the video filmed in the way it was filmed, and during such an intimate moment of them engaging in sexual activity, and then to commit the murder, [and see it] close up on video, was a really, really horrific thing to watch.”

  14. What happened?published at 16:04 British Summer Time

    Forensic officers wearing light blue overalls and blue gloves are standing in front of a residential property that has been cordoned off.Image source, PA Media
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    Human remains belonging to Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth were found in suitcases in Bristol and in their flat in Shepherds Bush

    Warning: Contains distressing details

    It was 10 July last year when staff working at Clifton Suspension Bridge discovered two suitcases with a suspicious red liquid coming out from one of them.

    Yostin Mosquera had been spotted and challenged by staff and a cyclist before running off into the night.

    Those suitcases contained human remains belonging to 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth.

    In the early hours of the next day police launched a manhunt to find Mosquera.

    It transpired he had paid an innocent man with a van to transport him and the suitcases to the city from Mr Alfonso and Mr Longworth’s flat in Shepherd's Bush, London.

    Mosquera had been staying with the men when he murdered them inside the flat hours apart on 8 July.

    Mr Longworth died after suffering nine injuries inflicted with a hammer to his head.

    Mr Alfonso died after receiving multiple stab wounds inflicted during a sex session with Mr Mosquera. The brutal killing was captured by four cameras which had been set up in his bedroom.

  15. 'It's really heavy and there's blood coming out of it'published at 15:55 British Summer Time

    A recording of the 999 call which alerted police to the dumped suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge has been released.

    In it, a man can be heard asking for police to get to the bridge "quite urgently". He then describes how a man - Mosquera - had been seen dragging a heavy case with blood coming out of it.

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    The 999 call that alerted police to the bodies in the suitcases

  16. 'Terrible brutal events'published at 15:45 British Summer Time

    The judge has just directly addressed the jury, who appear relieved to have reached the end of this trial. He urged them to seek help from court staff if necessary after spending weeks poring over very graphic evidence.

    "We put serious demands on jurors, in this case more than most," said Mr Justice Bennathan.

    "It went on much longer than the two weeks you were expecting," he added.

    "In this case you've had to look at a very tough video. They were terrible brutal events and to read about it is a dreadful thing but to see it is really shocking."

  17. Psychiatric report orderedpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time

    Mosquera, dressed in a white shirt, blue jeans and wearing a rosary, looked calm as the verdict was delivered, nodding as the interpreter spoke to him.

    Mr Justice Bennathan, the judge presiding over the case, said the only sentence he could order would be one of life imprisonment and ordered a psychiatric report to be carried out.

    Mosquera will be handed his sentence at a hearing on 24 October.

  18. Man guilty of double murderpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time
    Breaking

    Yostin Mosquera, 35, has been found guilty of the murders of Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso.

    He killed the two men on 8 July 2024, and later took some of the remains of both men to Bristol in two suitcases where he attempted to dispose of them at the city's famous Clifton Suspension Bridge.

    Yostin Mosquera (left) Albert Alfonso (middle) and Paul Longworth (right). They are all on a speedboat smiling into camera.Image source, Albert Alfonso/Flickr
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    Yostin Mosquera (left), Albert Alfonso (middle) and Paul Longworth (right)