Court Jury shown video of 'frenzied stabbing' in suitcase murder trial

A JURY has watched footage of a suspected double killer, who is accused of dumping two chopped-up bodies in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge, grappling and then killing one of his alleged victims in a "frenzied stabbing".

- Helen WILLIAM

The footage, along with its soundtrack which captured the sound of someone appearing to struggle to breathe, was watched in silence by the jury at the Old Bailey in the trial of Yostin Andres Mosquera.

He appears to say, “You like it?” as he stabbed Albert Alfonso to death.

Mosquera is being tried for the murders of Mr Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, on July 8 last year in the flat the two shared in Scotts Road, Shepherd’s Bush, west London.

The defendant admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso by way of loss of self-control, but denies and is being tried on both charges of murder - the prosecution claims Mosquera was “in complete control” of his “strategic and premeditated” actions.

Mr Alfonso’s death was captured on four cameras that were up in his bedroom to record sex sessions with Mosquera, 35, who is then seen singing and dancing in the aftermath of the attack.

Mr Justice Bennathan had previously warned the jury “it is not an easy watch” and the added soundtrack that was played potentially “heightens” any distress in seeing it.