Student lay in wait for housemate before stabbing him 30 times, Bristol court hears
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- The Guardian Worldseen 13 Oct, 04:42description edited
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Zack Coughlan is accused of murdering Jamie Collins, who he studied with at the University of the West of England A university student lay in wait for his housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times, a murder trial has been told. Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed all in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home near the University of West England in Bristol, where both studied robotics. Continue reading...Zack Coughlan is accused of murdering Jamie Collins, who he studied with at the University of the West of England A university student lay in wait for his housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times, a murder trial has been told. Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home near the University of West England in Bristol, where both were studying robotics. Continue reading...
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Mon, 12 October 2026
2 reports- The Guardian World14:04first to reportedited after publishing
Zack Coughlan is accused of murdering Jamie Collins, who he studied with at the University of the West of England A university student lay in wait for his housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times, a murder trial has been told. Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home near the University of West England in Bristol, where both were studying robotics. Continue reading...
- bbc.co.uk14:30
Jamie Collins' killer donned a mask and gloves as he lay in wait for the victim to return home.
Wed, 21 October 2026
3 reports- The Guardian World12:50
Zack Coughlan, 23, killed Jamie Collins, 21, in garden of home they shared and initially denied murder A university student who lay in wait for his housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years. Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home in Filton, South Gloucestershire. Continue reading...
- bristolpost.co.uk15:14
Zack Coughlan changed his plea to guilty yesterday
- bristolpost.co.uk15:35
'I believe Coughlan did feel threatened by Jamie, not because Jamie ever threatened him, but because of Coughlan’s own insecurities and the reality that [his] friends were gravitating more towards Jamie'