RIYADH: A British construction worker convicted of killing a Saudi student in Cambridge last year will be sentenced June 3.
Chas Corrigan, 22, was found guilty in March of murdering 20-year-old Saudi citizen Mohammed Al-Qasim, who had been studying English in Cambridge.
Corrigan, of Holbrook Road, denied murder but admitted possession of a knife during the trial. He told jurors that he had waved the weapon intending to scare Al-Qasim rather than injure him.
He had been drinking and using cocaine before stabbing Al-Qasim in the neck on Aug. 1, 2025.
He told jurors he had been drinking in a nearby pub and had consumed around six pints of Guinness, one or two gin and tonics and several drinks containing vodka, and had also used cocaine twice.
Despite this, he said that he was “not drunk,” and claimed that he was carrying a kitchen knife for self-defense after having been attacked in the past.
During the trial, Corrigan said he did not realize Al-Qasim had been injured and added that he could not remember the exact details of the encounter. He said that Al-Qasim “startled” him, adding: “I thought he was going to hurt me.”
Prosecutors said a silver kitchen knife with a 13-centimeter blade was later found hidden among plants in a nearby street.
Peter Corrigan, who is in his early 50s and lives in Vinter Terrace, previously admitted assisting an offender and will appear in court on June 2.
