RIYADH: A British construction worker who fatally stabbed Saudi student Mohammed Al-Qasim in Cambridge last summer was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment for murder, with a minimum term of 22 and a half years before he can be considered for parole, according to Cambridge Crown Court.
Chas Corrigan, 22, was sentenced after the jurors found him guilty in March of murdering the 20-year-old Saudi citizen, who had traveled to Britain to study English.
According to Saudi news satellite TV channel Al-Ekhbariya, the judge cited the findings of the investigation, as well as Corrigan’s criminal record and drug use, in imposing the life sentence.
Corrigan was also sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for possession of a bladed article. The sentence will run concurrently with the life sentence and will not extend the minimum term.
During the trial in March, the court heard that Corrigan had been drinking alcohol and using cocaine before stabbing Al-Qasim in the neck on Aug. 1, 2025.
