A 22-year-old British man has been jailed for life for the murder of Saudi Arabian student Mohammed Algasim, who was stabbed to death outside student accommodation in Cambridge.Chas Corrigan was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 22 years and six months at Cambridge Crown Court. The sentence comes after he pleaded guilty to the murder of a 20-year-old student in August 2025, reports BBC.The court heard that Algasim had traveled from Saudi Arabia to study English at a language school in Cambridge. On the night of the attack, he was sitting with friends near Cambridge railway station when Corrigan approached the group.Prosecutors said Corrigan had spent the evening drinking and taking drugs before carrying out the attack. During the trial, he admitted to drinking several alcoholic beverages and taking cocaine before heading to the station.Corrigan told jurors that he was carrying a kitchen knife for protection because he had been attacked before. He claimed that he initially approached the group to ask for a lighter and later returned after hearing shouting. According to his account, Algasim had stood up moments before the stabbing.However, prosecutors argued that the attack was unprovoked. CCTV footage shown during the trial showed Corrigan, wearing a high-visibility top, approaching the group moments before stabbing Algasim in the neck.Corrigan denied murder and claimed that he had only brandished the knife to scare people rather than to hurt them. Jurors rejected his account and found him guilty after deliberating for about two hours.During the sentencing hearing, Algassim’s father, Youssef Al Qassim, described the devastating impact of his son’s death.“Instead of looking at his achievements, I was faced with the unbearable reality of receiving his lifeless body,” he told the court.The judge also heard a statement from Algasim’s sister, Shatha Al Qassim, which was read in court by a family member.Corrigan’s father, Peter Corrigan, 50, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to assisting an offender.Cambridgeshire Police said CCTV footage showed them removing a blood-stained high-visibility jacket worn by their son on August 2, 2025 and placing it in a wheelie bin. Investigators also said he helped his son avoid arrest by allowing him to hide in a property on Holbrook Road.Detective Chief Inspector Dale Mapstead, who led the investigation, said the sentence reflected the seriousness of Corrigan’s actions.“Mohammed was a young man with his whole life ahead of him and his death has had a deep impact on everyone who knew him,” he said.Following the conclusion of the case, Algasim’s family said that losing Mohammed had left a “deep void” in their lives and that nothing could bring him back, however.