LONDON — A 34-year-old Colombian man appeared in a London court docket on Monday, charged with murdering two males whose stays had been present in suitcases in southwest England.
Yostin Andres Mosquera was charged with murdering Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, London’s Metropolitan Police stated.
Assisted by a Spanish interpreter, the suspect spoke solely to verify his identify, tackle and date of start in a quick listening to at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court docket. Justice of the Peace Christina Ruiz ordered that he be detained till a listening to at London’s Central Legal Court docket on Wednesday.
Police stated the victims had beforehand been in a relationship and nonetheless lived collectively, and that the suspect had been staying with them at their west London condominium.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine stated “the proof gathered to this point doesn’t counsel there was a homophobic motive” to the killings.
“I hope it will likely be of some reassurance that while enquiries are nonetheless ongoing and the investigation is at a comparatively early stage, we aren’t at present in search of anybody else in reference to the 2 murders,” Valentine stated.
The suspect was arrested at a prepare station in Bristol on Saturday, three days after the grisly discovery of physique components in suitcases on town’s Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Law enforcement officials arrived on the iconic bridge at round midnight Wednesday, 10 minutes after receiving stories of a person behaving unusually. However the man, who had traveled there by taxi, was already gone.
Police discovered extra stays on the victims’ residence in London.