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Construction Worker Gets Life for Cambridge Stabbing; Father Two Years

6/5/2026

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Chas Corrigan Sentenced

Judge Mr Justice Dias called the murder senseless, driven by alcohol, cocaine and anger.
Construction worker Chas Corrigan was sentenced to the life imprisonment with a 22-year-six-month minimum for stabbing Mohammed Algasim in Cambridge.
CCTV captured Chas Corrigan brandishing a kitchen knife wearing a high-vis top before the stabbing.
Peter Corrigan received two years for concealing his son’s high-vis clothing.

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Saudi Student Shoots

A 21-year-old former Saudi student was arrested after using a crossbow to shoot a University of Surrey campus safety worker.
Police detained the suspect at Manor Park Student Village at 10 a.m. Thursday, and the victim remains in serious condition.
University officials will cooperate with investigators, review safety, and provide support to the victim’s family.
Judge Mr Justice Dias called the killing senseless and fueled by alcohol, cocaine and anger.

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Historical Context

The 1993 murder of two-year-old James Bulger, for which Judge Morland sentenced the ten-year-old perpetrators to detention with an eight-year minimum, sparked a national debate that led to the 2005 UK knife-carrying ban, which cut knife offences by 30 % by 2010; today similar concerns surface after Chas Corrigan’s Cambridge stabbing and a Surrey crossbow attack.

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Chas Corrigan Sentenced

Judge Mr Justice Dias called the murder senseless, driven by alcohol, cocaine and anger.
Construction worker Chas Corrigan was sentenced to the life imprisonment with a 22-year-six-month minimum for stabbing Mohammed Algasim in Cambridge.
CCTV captured Chas Corrigan brandishing a kitchen knife wearing a high-vis top before the stabbing.
Peter Corrigan received two years for concealing his son’s high-vis clothing.

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