Overview

• Chas Corrigan, 21, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mohammed Algasim and possession of a knife in a public place.
• Defence counsel indicated that Corrigan will enter a not-guilty plea on September 8, when a timetable for the case will be set ahead of a trial starting on February 9, 2026.
• The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit continues to lead the multi-force investigation into the unprovoked stabbing outside Mill Park luxury apartments.
• Prosecutors detailed that Algasim suffered an 11 cm-deep neck wound that severed vital blood pathways and that paramedics battled for more than 30 minutes to save his life.
• Algasim’s family has travelled from Saudi Arabia to Cambridge to lay tributes and arrange repatriation under Islamic funeral customs, as concerns grow over knife crime and student safety.