Man whose body found in suitcase 'raped teen'

A MAN whose dismembered body was later found in a suitcase had raped and blackmailed a teenager, a court has heard.

- JOE HADDEN

A witness, giving evidence under the pseudonym James Smith, appeared by video link yesterday at the Old Bailey in the trial of Yostin Mosquera, who is accused of murdering and dismembering Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71.

Their remains were found in a suitcase and trunk left near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in July 2024.

Mosquera, 35, denies both murders but has admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso.

Mr Smith said he first met Mr Alfonso nearly 20 years ago when he was around 17 or 18 and had gone to his flat for drinks after meeting at a rugby match.

He said he remembered drinking heavily and then waking up with a “banging headache”.

“I said to him, ‘What's happened?’ - he showed me a video of me on all fours and he was penetrating me,” he told the court.