A man has been jailed for the murder of Cambridge student Mohammed Algasim, in a case police and prosecutors have described as a shocking and senseless attack.
Chas Corrigan, 22, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Cambridge Crown Court on 3 June 2026, with a minimum term of 22 years and six months before he can be considered for parole. The Crown Prosecution Service said Corrigan was found guilty of murder on 2 March following a trial at the same court.
The BBC reported that the victim, a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student, was stabbed in the neck outside student accommodation in Cambridge in August 2025. The sentencing judge said Algasim was “an entirely innocent member of the public” and that Corrigan had deprived him and his family of the future he should have had.
Cambridgeshire Police’s sentencing update said the case had ended with a life sentence and confirmed the minimum term handed down by the court. The force’s original news page on the case was not accessible through the browser here, but the sentencing statement and the BBC report align on the main facts of the conviction and punishment.
The case drew wider attention because it involved a young international student in the uk/local/city-centre/">city centre, with the attack taking place near the railway station and student housing. That has sharpened concern in Cambridge about public safety around residential routes used by students, particularly at night.
