India, Oct. 21 -- A 23-year-old student in the UK has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 28 years, for murdering his university housemate after lying in wait and stabbing him 30 times.

According to a report by the BBC, Zack Coughlan attacked Jamie Collins, 21, in an alleyway near the garden of their shared home in Filton on April 8. He then left Collins' body at the scene for around eight hours before contacting police, as per details presented during the trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Coughlan had initially denied the murder charge while admitting that he killed Collins. He claimed he feared his housemate would kill him and told jurors he was "barely able to think" when he lay in wait for Collins to return from university. How...