Student who stabbed housemate 30 times in rent row then ate pizza and played video games is jailed for life
Zack Coughlan, who admitted murdering his housemate Jamie Collins eight hours before calling police, was jailed for life with a minimum 28-year term.Three photos of Jamie Collins, whom Mr Justice Linden described as 'a gentle soul who was averse to conflict', killed by Zack Coughlan in a garden ambush.
Zack Coughlan, 23, must serve at least 28 years for murdering Jamie Collins, 21, his fellow final-year robotics student at the University of the West of England. Dressed in black and masked, he ambushed Collins in the garden of their Filton home on April 8. Eight hours passed before he rang police, claiming to have just discovered the body. He admitted murder midway through his Bristol Crown Court trial.
Coughlan claimed he had 'no choice', but Mr Justice Linden rejected his evidence outright.
The judge described Collins as 'a gentle soul who was averse to conflict'.
Coughlan rewatched CCTV footage of the killing five times, jurors heard.
