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Cambridge Student Stabbing: Defendant Denies Murder, Admits Carrying Knife

Sentencing for the admitted offences will follow a February 2 trial.

Overview

  • Chas Corrigan, 21, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court in connection with the August 1 incident in Mill Park.
  • Judge Mark Bishop set a two-week jury trial to begin on February 2, 2026.
  • Peter Corrigan, 50, pleaded guilty to assisting an offender, described in court as concealing clothing, and was remanded in custody.
  • Police were called to Mill Park just before 11.30pm on August 1, and 20-year-old Mohammed Algasim was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.
  • Algasim was a Saudi national on a 10-week English-language placement with EF International Language Campuses in Cambridge.