Student lay in wait for housemate before stabbing him 30 times, Bristol court hears. 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.

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Student lay in wait for housemate before stabbing him 30 times, Bristol court hears

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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