Man appears in court charged with murder over bodies found in suitcases

Forensic officers at an address in Shepherd's Bush, west London, after human remains were found in two suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of two men whose remains were found in suitcases in Bristol.

Yostin Andres Mosquera, of Scotts Road, in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, was charged earlier on Monday with murdering 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth between 8 and 10 July in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.