Student who ate pizza and gamed online while his stabbed housemate lay dead in the garden is jailed for life
Zach Coughlan, who pleaded guilty to murdering Jamie Collins partway through his trial at Bristol Crown Court, has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison.Three photos of Jamie Collins, whom the judge described as a 'gentle soul', killed by Zack Coughlan in a murder prosecutors called a carefully planned and cold-blooded execution.
Zack Coughlan, 23, must serve at least 28 years for murdering Jamie Collins, 21, in Filton, South Gloucestershire. Coughlan put on a ski mask and gloves, then lay in wait for 20 minutes before stabbing Collins 30 times on April 8. He waited eight hours to call 999, then wept in front of officers and claimed he had only just discovered the body. He admitted murder mid-trial at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.
The pair had argued over the rent Coughlan levied at the house he owned.
Mr Justice Linden described Collins as a 'gentle soul' who was 'utterly defenceless'.
Collins' stepmother said: 'We will always be the couple whose boy got murdered.'
