A person has been charged with two counts of homicide over the deaths of two males whose stays have been present in suitcases in Bristol final week, the Metropolitan police mentioned.
Yostin Andres Mosquera, 34, was charged on Monday morning, the Met mentioned.
The boys, whose stays have been found in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge, have been named by the Met as 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth, 71, who had beforehand been in a relationship.
The pair lived collectively at a flat in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, and have been recognized to the suspect, the Met mentioned.
Mosquera, 34, was arrested in Bristol within the early hours of Saturday morning and has been charged with two counts of homicide. He’ll seem in custody in a while Monday at Wimbledon magistrates court docket.
Longworth was British, whereas Alfonso was initially from France however had obtained British citizenship, the power added.
The Met mentioned Mosquera had been staying with the victims at a flat in Scotts Street for a “brief time period”.
Proof within the investigation up to now has not pointed to a homophobic motive, Scotland Yard added, but it surely has been labeled as a hate crime beneath nationwide tips.
Deputy assistant commissioner Andy Valentine mentioned: “My ideas are at first with Albert and Paul’s family members who’re coming to phrases with this horrible information.
“Whereas we don’t imagine both of them had any shut household, now we have recognized different subsequent of kin who’ve been knowledgeable and are being supported by specialist officers. We’re persevering with to try to establish any prolonged relations.
“I do know that this terrible incident will trigger concern not simply amongst residents in Shepherd’s Bush however within the wider LGBTQ+ neighborhood throughout London.
“I hope it is going to be of some reassurance that while inquiries are nonetheless ongoing and the investigation is at a comparatively early stage, we aren’t presently on the lookout for anybody else in reference to the 2 murders.”
Avon and Somerset police have been known as at 11.57pm final Wednesday after a person was reported to have been seen performing suspiciously on Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Officers arrived lower than 10 minutes later and the person had left the scene, forsaking one suitcase. A second suitcase was discovered close by a short while later. Each have been discovered to include human stays.
Inquiries carried out by officers from Avon and Somerset police and the Met urged a suspect had travelled to Bristol from London earlier the identical day. Consequently, the Met took over the investigation.
On Friday, police discovered additional human stays in a flat in Scotts Street, Shepherd’s Bush, west London, with the 2 incidents believed to be linked.
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