RIYADH: A British construction worker has been found guilty of murdering 20-year-old Saudi Arabia citizen Mohammed Al-Qasim who was studying English in Cambridge, the BBC has reported.
Chas Corrigan, 22, of Holbrook Road, had been drinking and using cocaine before he stabbed Al-Qasim in the neck on Aug. 1, 2025, prosecutors said on Monday.
Corrigan denied murder but admitted possession of a knife and told the court that he had waved it, intending to scare and not injure.
He told the court he did not realize that Al-Qasim was injured at all, and that he could not remember the exact details of their conversation. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Family members and friends of Al-Qasim told Arab News previously that the young man’s killing was a “devastating shock.”
